Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
An album that manages to be poignant and pointed without sacrificing any of its unabashed sparkle
DIY
Haley Heynderickx
Seed of a Seed
Harnessing a uniquely spellbinding and sensitive power
DIY
Juanita Stein
The Weightless Hour
A mature record that sounds completely at peace with its place in life
DIY
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
Lyrically, she nails it, but the music is not always as convincing
The Arts Desk
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
The singer attempts to illustrate how grim being a woman can be with mixed results
Slant Magazine
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
Debut solo album from Chvrches singer showcases an intriguing, off-kilter pop edge
musicOMH
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
As solo records go, Mayberry’s first is fun and often touching, but like many before, it is trying to find its identity
Clash
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
‘Vicious Creature’ is what happens when you take all that carefully managed restraint, wrap it in razor wire, and let it loose on an unsuspecting world. Expectations were high, but the realisation is stratospheric
Dork
Lauren Mayberry
Vicious Creature
After 10 years as the unmistakable leader of the Scottish synth-pop band, the singer finds out who she is as a solo artist
NME
Mount Eerie
Night Palace
Night Palace is a chaotic (good) album, one that doesn’t comply with pigeons or holes, and just won’t fit into a neat coherent narrative, as much as I have attempted to horn that shoe
Sputnik Music (staff)
White Denim
12
It is unlike any previous White Denim album
The Arts Desk
White Denim
12
12 is a bright, fresh joy, lovingly tooled for pure uplift. Print edition only
Record Collector