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caroline  Caroline 2

Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments Far Out

caroline  Caroline 2

It's a warmer, less brittle listen that still pushes at production conventions. Print edition only Uncut

caroline  Caroline 2

There's a newfound earnestness and openness to caroline's songcraft. Print edition only Mojo

caroline  Caroline 2

With its improvised vocals, incidental sounds, and emotive power, Caroline 2 is an experimental record that never lacks purpose or passion The Line Of Best Fit

caroline  Caroline 2

A sound that is assured and ebullient, lively as a coiled spring releasing its kinetic energy until it's exhausted. Exclaim

caroline  Caroline 2

An album of collisions: between time and space, past and present, precision and spontaneity Slant Magazine

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

There’s so much packed into Let All That We Imagine that it would be easy to feel overwhelmed Far Out

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

Garbage grasps the fact that existence in such a complex world can actually be reduced to a simple choice between loving and hating. Here is your soundtrack to that world, perhaps unsurprisingly it rocks righteously The Line Of Best Fit

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

These 10 tracks will undoubtedly please longterm fans, even if there's little here that doesn't revisit already well-trodden ground. Print edition only Record Collector

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

We get bouquets as well as barbed-wire. Print edition only Mojo

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

Even when the sonic mood broods on "Radical", the optimistic sentiments (quoted in the album title) reflect a creative force in rude force. Print edition only Uncut

Garbage  Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

With their eighth album, Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date NME

Matt Berninger  Get Sunk

Get Sunk is a return to the energy of early National Record Collector

Matt Berninger  Get Sunk

Throughout the record, Berninger makes sure the soundscape exists within that immersive atmosphere, delicately using reverberated piano and distorted harmonies to create a stunning world of hope-tinged melancholy Far Out

Matt Berninger  Get Sunk

Retains the signature charm of The National while highlighting Berninger’s strengths as a writer Dork