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Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
Much like its name, Half-Told Tales, these deeply felt, descriptive and lived-in songs are amongst the formidable Scottish duo’s finest and most immediate work
The Quietus
Mastodon
Marrow Deep
Cerebral and caustic, the structures built within the body of Marrow Deep are worth exploring
The Quietus
Dexy Midnight Runners
LOVE
With its strings, slowies and lush M.O.R production, the music sometimes achieves the emotional impact it aims for
The Arts Desk
Sleep
Hempispheres
The stoner-doom institution returns, minus founding guitarist Matt Pike, for a monotonous album of timid riffs and bad weed puns
Pitchfork
Sleep
Hempispheres
The departure of guitarist Matt Pike doesn’t leave the stoner metal band marooned
Paste Magazine
Sleep
Hempispheres
The quality of Hempispheres stands well enough to rate as a solid crossover work, leaving the depth-charged ruins of Dopesmoker and the following orbit of The Sciences behind, finding new planetary matter to dig into
No Ripcord
Sleep
Hempispheres
It’s unlikely I’ll pick Hempispheres over their classics, as it’s the least overwhelming and that’s mainly what I want to experience when I listen to Sleep. However, that doesn’t mean it is not a legitimate, well-thought work by committed musicians who evidently navigate a new era
Sputnik Music (staff)
Sleep
Hempispheres
The firepower Matt Pike brought to Sleep's seminal recordings is noticeably absent, but rather than replace it, Cisneros and company chose to embrace a more celestial, perhaps age-appropriate approach to getting ripped
All Music
Chat Pile
Who Loves The Sun
With more of what existing devotees demand, plus a few degrees of increasing accessibility, Who Loves The Sun suggests that as the climate around them heats up, so do Chat Pile. At least the latter is a very good thing
Kerrang!
Arab Strap
Half-Told Tales
Packed with caustic drama and moments of real heart, Half-Told Tales makes clear that Arab Strap are still well connected to their alt-pop alchemy that fuelled former glories, that likewise has dreamed up a fine record cementing their always unique presence in the indie world
Far Out
Chat Pile
Who Loves The Sun
We’re watching the world fall apart in real time. Ever wondered what that sounded like? On Who Loves the Sun, Chat Pile expose the contradictions and controversies at the heart of the compendium of chaos with searing lyricism and exciting instrumentation
Far Out
Dexy Midnight Runners
LOVE
It's a true delight that Dexys Midnight Runners are back to reclaim their place in the pop music firmament and LOVE is nothing less than a late career highlight that pales not at all when held up to their early work
All Music
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