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Sleep Token – ‘Even In Arcadia’ review: another jaw-dropping ascent towards immortality
Spearheaded by the piano and some of Vessel’s most human lyrics to date, the metallers’ fourth album seals their status as the overlords of their scene and generation The type of overnight success that Sleep Token’s 2023 album ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ set in motion simply doesn’t happen to rock and…
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PinkPantheress – ‘Fancy That’ review: gearing up for her boldest chapter yet
The once-elusive bedroom producer returns with hyperactive beats, messy romance and zero fear PinkPantheress is ready to own the spotlight. Once an elusive bedroom producer, she blew up on TikTok with delicate, diary-like tracks like ‘Break It Off’ and ‘Just for Me’ in 2021. The success of her 2023…
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Blondshell – ‘If You Asked For A Picture’ album review
Sabrina Teitelbaum grapples with the experiences and relationships from her past that inform her present on a nuanced, murky second album “You can’t quarantine the past,” Pavement wisely sang on ‘Gold Soundz’, a lyric that may as well be a mission statement for Blondshell’s second album, ‘If You Asked…
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Wretch 32 – ‘Home?’ review: delicious “soul food” for the displaced
Caught between Blackness and Britishness, the Tottenham rapper seeks to define where home really is on his most philosophical release yet For over two decades, Tottenham’s revered wordsmith Wretch 32 has evolved before our eyes, from a raw talent to a cornerstone of UK rap, taking up space…
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Coco Jones – ‘Why Not More?’ review
This former NME Cover star's debut album is deeper, richer and more wide-ranging than anything we’ve ever seen from her Coco Jones’ debut album ‘Why Not More?’ has been a hard-fought battle over a decade in the making. Following several false starts in the 2010s as she tried to transition from Disney…
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Samia – ‘Bloodless’ review: a sublime songwriter sets a new bar
An album with this much going on could easily collapse under its own weight, but the Minneapolis-based artist thrives in the middle of lofty topics and idea-stuffed songs Since the release of her debut album ‘The Baby’ in 2020, Samia has become known as a songwriter with a knack for the diaristic and…
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Ghost – ‘Skeletá’ review: Tobias Forge strips back the spectacle
With their sixth studio outing and the introduction of Papa V, the masked metallers broaden their musical scope and explore a tapestry of human emotion Much has changed since Ghost first made their way onto the metal scene in 2010. They have gone from humble beginnings — catching the eye of record…
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Superheaven – ‘Superheaven’ review: a spark of a new life
The cult grunge-gaze band widen their scope and trade fire for maturity on their first new album in 10 years Superheaven haven’t made music in 10 years, but they’ve been gaining prestige faster in recent years than they ever did when they were together. Out of nowhere, in 2023, they hit it big on…
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