10 November 2026
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For their fifth album the Californian punk rockers take a far more post-punk approach
6.2
One of the boldest moves this California quintet has ever taken Read Review
Though it’s been trendy for punk and hardcore bands to skew toward post-punk in recent years, none have made it feel less like an affectation than Ceremony Read Review
Whether or not they're borrowing too heavily from the Ian Curtis handbook (the band's name is taken from a Joy Division song), Ceremony have a strong handle on this style Read Review
There’s a punch and a kick to their songwriting again now, and Ceremony are all the better for it Read Review
So striking in its difference from the rest of the band's catalogue that it could prove to be a turning point in their discography Read Review
A truly cathartic musical statement Read Review
This is an all too obvious hommage to the old wave Read Review
These tracks are studies in seething resentment and reluctant restraint, and the emotional effect that follows is more often than not a gut punch Read Review
Explores an internalised existential rage and embraces angsty nihilistic melancholia Read Review
This album fails where multiple modern post punk band such as Women and Iceage have succeeded: having a personality Read Review
Stifled by too much restraint Read Review
Ceremony didn’t just try to fix what wasn’t broken, they set it on fire Read Review
No matter how you cut it, there's something embarrassing about a grown man releasing a full-length record of polished Ian Curtis impressions Read Review
Does have an advantage over Zoo, in that it’s interesting in the way any true debacle is, where a band’s conviction is either impervious to any kind of outside intervention or just not subject to it Read Review
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Ceremony: The L-Shaped Man
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways