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Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

Ada Lea's workmanship is striking on what we say in private, as she delicately showcases both the chaos and beauty of change Exclaim

Tycho  Weather

Tycho continues expanding and refining his sound, dipping into even more sublime headspaces in the process The 405

The Soft Cavalry  The Soft Cavalry

Rachel Goswell and Steve Clarke’s voices often meld together beautifully. But sometimes they try to do too much with too little Spectrum Culture

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

Unexpected and quietly ambitious. Print edition only Uncut

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

There's an artful intricacy to her lo-fi pop. Print edition only Mojo

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

By welcoming the world into her record, Alexandra Levy has created something much more whole and warm than perhaps it might have been The Skinny

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

Not a single moment is out of place. Everything is crafted to induce a reaction The Line Of Best Fit

Tycho  Weather

At just eight low-stress tracks, this isn't so much a headlong dash for horizons new as it is a gentle evolution, but you could do far worse than kick back and enjoy the weather The Skinny

Purple Mountains  Purple Mountains

Purple Mountains is the sound of that guy starting to come to terms with his reality, and maybe building a new emotional architecture in the wreckage. In any case, keep ’em coming. The journey is worth it Rolling Stone

Penelope Isles  Until The Tide Creeps In

Though it needn't define them, with Until The Tide Creeps In Penelope Isles have built a strong foundation on familial dynamics and the criss-crossing of sibling perspectives with elegant and catchy songwriting, springboarding them in to the many sets of arms ready to welcome them The Line Of Best Fit

Pere Ubu  The Long Goodbye

Thomas lurches from surrealist poetry to impressionistic short stories, like a hybrid of Captain Beefheart and Ernest Hemingway. Print edition only Uncut

Pere Ubu  The Long Goodbye

Even by their standards, this is a wild and challenging album - coming full circle rarely sounds this exhilarating All Music

Pere Ubu  The Long Goodbye

Thankfully for fans of their truly unique music, Thomas has apparently responded well to treatment and he’s no longer sure that this will be his last album. The thought that it might have been, however, appears to have been a driving factor in reimagining Pere Ubu’s sound for this remarkable release The Quietus

Pere Ubu  The Long Goodbye

Pere Ubu's The Long Goodbye is an amazing achievement that accomplishes its mission of encapsulating a 45-year career with wit and aplomb PopMatters

Pere Ubu  The Long Goodbye

Like paintings hung in a gallery – the gallery, in this case, being The Long Goodbye, masterpieces take a strange and unnerving light God Is In The TV