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Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

In Swift’s capable hands, even the deepest moments of despair are transmuted into songs which resonate with emotion and genuine insight Under The Radar

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

This is the sound of releasing a lifetime’s worth of strife and unease. That sounds, it turns out, is pretty damn excellent The Line Of Best Fit

The Black Keys  Ohio Players

You can sum up the overall aesthetic concept of the Black Keys’ Ohio Players with two main points: It rocks and sounds great in a bowling alley PopMatters

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

Annie Clark’s self-produced seventh album goes for a hard reset on the St. Vincent project. She retains her sharp edge as a songwriter while making the music sound exalting, inspiring, and thoroughly romantic Pitchfork

English Teacher  This Could Be Texas

The UK band’s overstuffed debut melds indie-prog, rock, folk electronica, and post-punk into an expansive new sound Pitchfork

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

Annie Clark has made a restless, mercurial, kaleidoscopic record that will really alienate some yet completely bewitch the rest musicOMH

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

Are we finally seeing the real Annie Clarke? Replacing alter egos with raw immediacy, she delivers one of her best albums: restlessly inventive and packed with ideas The Guardian

St. Vincent  All Born Screaming

A visceral examination of art and nature when both are pushed to the brink Slant Magazine

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

A unique experience that, even with all its flaws, merits engagement Beats Per Minute

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

Once again proving the four-piece as some of the best songwriters going DIY

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

With such a stellar collection of songs there is no reason to think this is going to end any time soon, especially when taking into consideration their current run of form, Pillow Queens’ journey is both brighter and bolder than ever Clash

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

Pillow Queens are still pining after lost loves, but heavy, howling instrumentals and post-production effects make Name Your Sorrow their most emphatic plea so far The Skinny

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

This has ‘album of the year’ stamped all over it, with every track packing a punch The Irish Times

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

See review link XS Noize

Pillow Queens  Name Your Sorrow

Stands as a commendable effort, boasting a handful of standout tracks Northern Transmissions