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Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

Tricky has spent three decades dissolving himself into other people's voices, using absence as a way of speaking for him. It's encouraging to think that, in Sanders, he's found another channel through which he can show up for himself A.V. Club

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

To paraphrase Lunchlady Doris, there’s very little Tricky on this Tricky album The Line Of Best Fit

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

Tricky makes it clear that he's going to be dealing with unbearable pain and loss for the rest of his life, but he's still able to creatively reflect this through his music All Music

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

As ever, he’s made an album that feels both fresh yet nostalgic. A quickshot reminder of his unique talent Clash

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

Bristol producer's response to a life-changing tragedy is his keenest and most original work in a long while musicOMH

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

Bristol artist Mitch Sanders sings the top lines with a haunting falsetto not a million miles from Beth Gibbons, while Tricky’s almost undetectable growls – mostly about pain – underpin these raw, emotive songs Record Collector

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

His vocal contributions are often no more than background whispers, like a running commentary. Instead, a significant role is handed to Bristolian singer-songwriter Mitch Sanders, whose falsetto is a versatile, intoxicating feature. Print edition only Mojo

Tricky  Different When It’s Silent

Consistently surprising, richly textured, poignant yet tormented, this is one of Tricky's finest. Print edition only Uncut

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

Second album from one of Britain's most promising new talents combines the atmospherics of drum & bass with some impressive songwriting abilities musicOMH

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

A post-rave emotional exploration of a turbulent 2025, as she fell in and then dramatically out of love The Skinny

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

She pushes further on Emotional Junglist, with the help of producers James Ford and Ethan P. Flynn and songwriter Julia Michael, infusing the album with more exploratory sounds Slant Magazine

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

The London-based musician’s second album eschews clichés with its blended anarchy of frenetic beats, string samples, and rock grooves Paste Magazine

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

Another powerful work from an artist who continually pushes jungle into new territory All Music

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

The title attests to a bruising 2025, NA's feelings poured into convincing, synth-heavy songs where breakbeats are generally less of a defining feature. Print edition only Uncut

Nia Archives  Emotional Junglist

Seriously impressive. Print edition only Mojo