3 August 2025
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Wisp If Not Winnter
A shoegaze star born on TikTok scales up her sound with a full-length debut that’s beautiful on the surface but uninterested in challenging the genre’s priors Pitchfork
Natalie Lu, the mysterious 20-year-old behind Wisp, found unexpected TikTok fame. Her debut is a surprising first record, packed with her distinctive, beloved heavy distortion, but now featuring some poppier influences and unique genre blending Paste Magazine
At its best, it’s pure, soul-soothing escapism. And yet, this is only the start – as she grows, she'll evolve and mould everything she’s absorbed into an even more individual sound Kerrang!
If this is the next wave of shoegaze, then the legacy of my bloody valentine, Slowdive et al is in creative hands Clash
The work of an artist who thinks and dreams big, and it secures Wisp's place as one of the acts defining the sound of shoegaze in the 2020s All Music
Natalie Lu’s debut album sheds the mystique, revealing her strongest songwriting yet NME
Reneé Rapp Bite Me
The pop singer’s second full-length LP is an uneven, sometimes frustrating listen, where fleeting sparks are buried beneath an unfocused sound and loose vision. Even the strongest moments feel off-center Paste Magazine
The New Eves The New Eve Is Rising
The Brighton band are unconcerned by modern trends, building their own singular free-spirited world where they make the rules NME
The TV and theater star’s powerhouse vocals and abundant personality don’t entirely make up for the uneven material and sometimes maudlin production of her second album Pitchfork
Throughout BITE ME, Rapp serves up plenty of wry pop charisma, which is more than enough to sink your teeth into All Music
Tyler, The Creator Don't Tap the Glass
The Californian rapper’s ninth solo album is even more unexpected than usual The FT
Paul Weller Find El Dorado
The Jam and Style Council singer gives Seventies songs an enticing folk-rock groove, with guest turns from Noel Gallagher and Robert Plant The FT
U.S. Girls Scratch It
On Scratch It, U.S. Girls experiment with the sonic topography of Nashville to further explore the emotional landscape of vulnerability and materiality PopMatters
Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album Rolling Stone
Post punk grit and grainy folk might be its kindling, but the fire that follows is all of its own making and certainly not one for beard-stroking analysis or categorisation. Indeed, the maps of contemporary British underground music may need some redrawing, because The New Eves just nudged the compass a few vital, exciting degrees God Is In The TV
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"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange