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Squeeze
Trixies
This concept album, conceived in the ’70s, presents the sound of one of the best bands in Britain who have reached the early morning hours and are ready to go again
musicOMH
Squeeze
Trixies
Squeeze’s first new album in nearly a decade is based on material written when they were teenagers. It’s endearing but callow
The Guardian
Squeeze
Trixies
Trixie’s bears many of the hallmarks the group would, a few years later, become celebrated for. Several hooks and melodies offer up the kind of earworms that helped establish Squeeze as one of the UK’s most dependable and radio-friendly singles bands, and there is already an astonishing maturity to Difford’s lyrics, often taking the form of poignant character studies
Record Collector
Squeeze
Trixies
With their abundance of charm and good cheer, the performances ensure the patchier numbers still satisfy. More genuinely impressive are "You Get The Feeling" and "Hell On Earth", corkers that demonstrate the creative chemistry that was there since moment one. Print edition only
Uncut
Squeeze
Trixies
Revived and newly recorded, Difford and Tilbrook’s pre-fame project might be the best work of their caree
Mojo
Bill Callahan
My Days of 58
An unassuming delight and a further feather in the cap of one of most enduring songwriters of his generation
No Ripcord
Mitski
Nothing's About to Happen to Me
On her eighth album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, singer-songwriter Mitski employs a country-folk sound to reflect the peace found in isolation
PopMatters
Morrissey
Make-Up Is A Lie
His 14th album isn’t going to do much to change his strange place in the world, but it proves his pain is real too
Rolling Stone
Harry Styles
Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
The star has drawn from eclectic influences to create a joyous fourth album that’s impossible to pigeonhole
Rolling Stone UK
Charli XCX
Wuthering Heights
Regardless of one’s feelings toward Fennell’s film, which has proven controversial since its release, Charli XCX’s “soundtrack” stands firmly on its own and must be judged accordingly, not only as one of the year’s key releases but as a significant contribution to modern pop
Under The Radar
Morrissey
Make-Up Is A Lie
"I don’t like you," he then continues ad nauseum. This is what he excels in
The Arts Desk
Bill Callahan
My Days of 58
Callahan’s look back at his 58th year delivers all of this still world, sometimes with a wink, but always with a calm consideration
Spectrum Culture
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