The Chainsmokers’ rebrand from annoying EDM-merchants to slick pop operators can’t disguise a lack of soul or original ideas on an overproduced mess of a debut album.
After their resounding success in 2014, Future Islands make the art of the ‘difficult follow-up’ album look incredibly easy with ‘The Far Field’.
Building on their 2014 debut, Happyness have released one of the best British guitar albums of the year so far with ‘Write In’.
Goldfrapp’s seventh album ‘Silver Eye’ synthesises all of the band’s previous sounds to come up with something pleasing and powerful.
Post-punk legends Wire’s 16th album ‘Silver/Lead’, their third in as many years, puts many of today’s guitar groups to shame.
‘Emperor Of Sand’, Mastodon’s seventh album, sees the metal wizards in scintillating form.
With their sixth album ‘Let The Dancers Inherit The Party’, British Sea Power cement their status as one of the most idiosyncratic bands since the turn of the millennium.
Jay Kay and Jamiroquai have been away for seven years, but absolutely nothing has changed on their eighth album.
After two albums of solid post-punk, PINS introduce electronics into their sound on new EP ‘Bad Thing’.
The Dewaele brothers deliver the first proper Soulwax album in 13 years, and while their sound may now be a little dated, it’s still thrilling.
