The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Category Reviews

REVIEW: Mr Jukes – ‘God First’ (Island)

‘God First’, Jack Steadman’s first solo statement outside of Bombay Bicycle Club, is occasionally intriguing but too messy to be consistent.

REVIEW: Mura Masa – ‘Mura Masa’ (Anchor Point / Polydor)

Mura Masa’s long-awaited debut album doesn’t quite shine with the same lustre as his early EPs and mixtapes, but his original vision for pop still alluring.

REVIEW: Coldplay – ‘Kaleidoscope’ EP (Parlophone)

Intended as a companion piece to ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’, Coldplay’s new EP captures them at their best, and at their worst.

REVIEW: Japanese Breakfast – ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’ (Dead Oceans)

After the death of Michelle Zauner’s mother ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’ is a next-step-forward from her 2016 debut album ‘Psychopomp’ an album that, whilst harbouring indie-pop qualities, carries the matters of loss and grief.

REVIEW: Melvins – ‘A Walk With Love And Death’ (Ipecac)

As a standalone project, A Walk With Love And Death won’t be remembered as a Melvins classic, but more so as a poke in the back to anyone who thought there might be one foot entering the coffin.

REVIEW: Toro Y Moi – ‘Boo Boo’ (Carpark)

Chaz Bundick’s fifth album as Toro Y Moi sees the influences of ’80s pop creeping into his chillwave formula.

REVIEW: HAIM – ‘Something To Tell You’ (Polydor)

Having spent nearly four years on it, ‘Something To Tell You’ sees HAIM return with their critic and public-pleasing formula fully intact.