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Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED
In spite of its title and the national mood which it both mirrors and rebuffs, it’s a smile-inducing, healing experience, one which reminds you of all the good-weird in the world, rather than the bad-weird, which so often seems to be winning in these strange, discombobulated days
Clash
Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED
The multiple styles and masses of guest appearances on Discombobulated could have produced a scrambled blob, but instead the community around the core band members adds clarity and strength
The Quietus
Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED
Dizzying stuff. Print edition only
Mojo
Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED
Hen Ogledd make music on their fifth album which feels rooted in something more timeless than simple pop. Print edition only
Record Collector
Hen Ogledd
DISCOMBOBULATED
A truly singular record. Print edition only
Uncut
Moby
Future Quiet
In dealing with his own anxiety and insomnia, Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time
Clash
Mumford & Sons
Prizefighter
The solemnness of the title track reverberates throughout most of the other tracks on the ‘Prizefighter’ album. It easily wins the ‘prize’ as the best song on an especially spectacular album
Clash
Peaches
No Lube So Rude
Underneath all the references to rampant sex and general debauchery, there’s a beating heart at the centre of Merrill Nisker’s exhilarating, essential work
musicOMH
Moby
Future Quiet
Regenerating his introverted side, this straight-from-the-heart outing offers private musical ambience to soothe and console
musicOMH
Sébastien Tellier
Kiss The Beast
Six years on from his last artist album Domesticated, one of the finest French songsmiths around returns – with some surprise guest turns
musicOMH
Charli XCX
Wuthering Heights
While it’s certainly not the bold left turn some critics are evidently trying to manifest, it remains a perfectly fine record — even if it feels oddly static
No Ripcord
Mumford & Sons
Prizefighter
These are assured, solid songs by very good musicians, albeit lacking a killer punch or any wild, barrier-pushing inspiration. Print edition only
Record Collector
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