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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

Adéla  Prima

In calling back to bygone decades with PRIMA, Jergová certainly knows her audience. But in a time of profitable nostalgia bait, it’s a formulaic approach that is both aiding her popularity and interfering with her artistic development The Line Of Best Fit

Adéla  Prima

The 22-year-old is impressively frank about indulging industry sleaze in her pursuit of fame on a debut that puts a distinctive spin on the best of 00s hedonism The Guardian

Adéla  Prima

The pop phenom wraps stories of sacrifice and surrender with bold confidence on her maximalist debut Rolling Stone

Adéla  Prima

The album suggests the singer might just have what it takes to reach her loftiest ambitions Slant Magazine

Adéla  Prima

On her debut album, the Slovakian singer is growling, thrusting and squealing her way to superstardom, one hit at a time NME

Adéla  Prima

Closing with the mighty hip-hop infused, neo-industrial beat behind ‘Ain’t In LA’, this is an unrelenting debut, a coherent run of pop ambition that displays every inch of ADÉLA’s star quality Clash

Alabama Shakes  I Must Be Dreaming

After more than a decade away, Brittany Howard’s influential rock band still has a knack for righteous, retro catharsis, but the signature moves can’t help but feel a little safe Pitchfork

Mastodon  Marrow Deep

With Marrow Deep, Mastodon have delivered a powerful and musically challenging album, hinting at intriguing new directions for the band’s collective sound No Ripcord

Arab Strap  Half-Told Tales

Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton offer a meditation on age, modern life and the past, offering hope and resilience – and evidence that things can get better musicOMH

Interpol  This Mirror Weighs a Ton

It’s been a tough run for Interpol since the highs of Antics, but their re-energised eighth album marks a glorious shift in fortunes No Ripcord

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist  Before the World Blows

Just when you think you’ve figured out where Badu and the Alchemist are taking you, another song changes the pace, the mood, or the rules Northern Transmissions

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist  Before the World Blows

Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu’s first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for Rolling Stone

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist  Before the World Blows

The neo-soul priestess and the hip-hop producer throw it back on a seductive, pleasantly rambly collaborative album that returns them both to their roots. Pitchfork

Chat Pile  Who Loves The Sun

It captures the specific, suffocating feeling of living through collapse better than almost anything else I’ve heard this year Northern Transmissions