Following two decent albums of sumptuous, dreamy indie-rock, Daughter’s next move is to provide the soundtrack to a video game.
After countless singles, The Sherlocks prepare their opening full-length statement ‘Live For The Moment’ as the Great White Hopes for British guitar music.
Reservoir is a thrilling listen from the off and is a great example of where Gordi is as an artist. There is still room to learn, but, this is a debut album full of interesting ideas and blissful textures which many artists would crave for.
LCD Soundsystem fans worried about James Murphy’s return to the studio should be reassured that ‘American Dream’ stands up to all of their past glories.
Mogwai’s ninth studio album ‘Every Country’s Sun’ represents a rare wobble in an otherwise powerful and profound back catalogue.
Kip Berman resurrects The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart for a first album in nearly four years, and it contains all the elements that made them great without really pushing the envelope.
Nadine Shah’s politically and socially on-point third album ‘Holiday Destination’ should see her access a wider audience.
Pvris’ second album ‘All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell’ begins brilliantly but all feels a bit overdone by the end.
Recovering from critical and commercial disaster last time out, Jake Bugg’s fourth album ‘Hearts That Strain’ sees him back in familiar if entirely unoriginal territory.
Sam Beam’s sixth Iron & Wine album ‘Beast Epic’ sticks very closely to the same formula that’s made him such a celebrated figure in the indie/folk scene for so many years.
