Alex Highton
Nobody Knows Anything is a much more satisfying listen when in reflective mode, but it maintains a satisfying pace and lyrical intimacy throughout.
Nobody Knows Anything is a much more satisfying listen when in reflective mode, but it maintains a satisfying pace and lyrical intimacy throughout.
Opening with the distant ghostly vocals of lead-singer Lyubov, Everything Else Matters is a soothing and dynamic album.
Though much has changed for Hinson, still recovering from a near-fatal car accident, these songs have weathered the years with bittersweet grandeur and honesty.
Robin Williamson returns with his fourth album for ECM, adding to his solo The Seed-At-Zero and his group discs, Skirting the River Road and The Iron Stone.
Danish psych duo The Wands deliver a colourful and confident debut album of acid rock, filled with light, haze and just a small amount of darkness.
Awash with colour, South London trio Dems unleash a brilliant debut in the form of the concise, emotive, Muscle Memory.
An imaginative cluster of oddball pop that pursues spontaneity and contradiction at the very boundaries of the genre.
Racy marks a significant step forward both in terms of sound and creation for Hooray for Earth, a process in which each member has been more actively involved.
Dublin-based artist Kormac releases his sophomore album, and achieves both cinematic and genre-hopping intrigue.
Combining Anja Lechner’s classical ear with François Couturier’s jazz background, the album makes for a unique listen.
We Were Promised Jetpacks isn’t a band that wants you to listen, it is a band that knows it will effortlessly have your attention.
This Is All Yours is astounding and lives up to the brilliance of the 2012’s Mercury Award-winning An Awesome Wave.
Bahamas returns with a collection of songs that bear all the hallmarks of a composer comfortable in his own skin.
From the opening electronic notes of Breathing to the heavy drum beats of Not the End of the World, the album features catchy hook after hook.
The Moons’ Mindwaves sees the foursome dive headfirst into rock ‘n’ roll’s dressing-up box in pursuit of the quintessential pop song.
Soft riffs and pain you can sing along to is the order of the day, as Left ambles through 15 songs of gentle storytelling.
Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden reunite for the beautifully seductive Last Dance. Primarily comprising of new material, the album still finds room for the duo to build on some of Jasmine’s songs.
Conversations takes the listener on a journey, down long, straight roads into a period of introspection.
One-man powerhouse Rob Jones returns for his third full-length album, rather charming and doting, jam-packed with meandering guitar melodies.
