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An exemplary but expurgated collection; two-thirds of the story from an idiosyncratic and restless career.»
Absorbing enough to reward repeated exploration across its own uniquely foreboding landscape.»
The nucleus of a decent album is here, but for now it remains out of reach.»
Acid Rap succeeds for all the right reasons a mixtape should.»
The hits may be direct, but the death feels painfully slow.»
Fade Away is the sound of a band clinging to the lost potential of their past for buoyancy.»
To mark the release of Martin Aston's book, Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD, DiS celebrates one of our favourite labels with a series of pieces exploring 4AD's history. Here Tom Fenwick takes a look at some of the label's most vital debut albums...»
When Bestival 2013 eventually did come to a close and Monday cracked us on the head: it was the dreams of what's to come next year that carried us back across the Solent.»
If You Wait is a consistently rewarding and well executed record, that affords London Grammar more space to curate their poignant and spine tingling pop than before.»
While it might not be his definitive album Sleeper is a progressive fork in the road of Ty Segall's career.»
This might not seem like an aural paradigm shift to some, but Paracosm is still a vital progression for Washed Out. »
This is the most Polyphonic Spree-esque album, The Polyphonic Spree have ever made. »
Tiny Rebels sees Emmett 'Cairo Gang' Kelly test the boundaries of his own artistry.»
Somewhere under all this reverb and murk, Gauntlet Hair may yet have the makings of a fine band, but the album burns out long before they have an opportunity to reveal wether this is true.»
When approaching this album, it would pay to remember that sometimes even "a god" lets bad things happen.»
Perhaps if From the Kites of San Quentin had struck a stronger balance between not wanting to overstay their welcome and short-changing the listener, they might have had more space to develop beyond their greyscale roots.»
The Kenny Dennis LP is an intriguing piece of character led alt-hip hop.»
The accomplished sonic collages of Howlin' finely balance Jagwar Ma's influences and in doing so transcends into something singularly thrilling and cohesive.»
Miles Kane’s enthusiasm pushes the album along at a relentlessly breathless rate, but enthusiasm can only take you so far and soon tolerance for his vapid and riff-tackular new sound wears thin.»
While this isn't Wild Nothing stalling, Empty Estate never coalesces into anything as confident as his previous releases, leaving the impression that for now he's running on the spot. »
Hi Beams is an album that delights and baffles in almost equal measures.»
