22 February 2019
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Adia Victoria Silences
Victoria twists the themes of the blues into new shapes, asserting her protagonist’s need for agency The Guardian
An artist hitting her stride DIY
Combative, defiant, and teeming with Victoria's distinctive mix of streetwise poeticism and literary depth, Silences is a strong and inventive follow-up All Music
Victoria depicts an intricate narrative of a protagonist journeying through hell and back to find herself, woven together with a quintessentially Southern gothic-blues sound Loud And Quiet
Du Blonde Lung Bread for Daddy
Continues to be one of UK guitar music’s best kept secrets DIY
Has more than enough fire and soul in its grooves to banish any idea that she might be spreading herself too thin The Arts Desk
Less of a wholesale reinvention than a bedding down of self-sufficiency Loud And Quiet
Her second LP as Du Blonde plays it two ways: first with unremarkable, lunging dynamics and fuzz-caked riffs, then in a leaner and more soulful style, wit nods to prog and '70s folk-pop songcraft. Tha latter is more convincing and a better fit for her great voice and brutally honest lyrics. Print edition only Uncut
It resets her musical dial by abandoning the borderline Nick Cave-isms of Welcome... to amp up the rock dynamism which first won her attention. Print edition only Mojo
An album full of sadness, mediated by Houghton's sweet instrumentation and voice, heightened by a sense of solitude that permutes the entire record Under The Radar
"The doctor said I've passed my peak/All my eggs are dying/In my 20s I'm antique," she groans on Holiday resort. her Verve and wit protest otherwise. Print edition only Q
Another outstanding record The Line Of Best Fit
Teeth Of The Sea Wraith
The best the band have sounded since their debut; full of creativity and chemistry that appears to grow more refined with each album Loud And Quiet
If they could bring a little more of their noise-based disruption into the mix, their prophetic horns would be worth heeding The Guardian
Wraith is Teeth of the Sea’s best, but also subtlest, album to date Drowned In Sound
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me