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Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

Teenage Fanclub reveal they still have a knack for fashioning intriguing songcraft from unlikely places on Do Not Dare to Dream, offering a no-thrills but restorative LP warding off the busyness of the modern age Far Out

Adult DVD  Adult DVD

The jokes on the Brighton band’s debut land about half the time, and when they don’t, homogenous synth-punk arrangements cushion the fall Paste Magazine

Fat Dog  Cancel Me (I'm Tired)

As constructed, Cancel Me (I'm Tired) is an album that begs for attention through an eyebrow-raising title, musical bombast and mildly tasteless lyrics. Sometimes its strengths actually merit that consideration Spectrum Culture

Blondshell  Violins

On her latest album as Blondshell, Sabrina Teitelbaum is more focused than ever on how her sense of self has evolved The Skinny

Greg Freeman  All Set The Bone

A contender for album of the year, Greg Freeman’s All Set the Bone is an intense, stylistically varied testament to our grim reality, with lasting appeal PopMatters

Carly Rae Jepsen  Day & Night

What makes Day and Night succeed and stand out in Carly Rae Jepsen’s discography is the confidence and strength that shine through the music PopMatters

Wishy  Natures Pill

Ultimately, Wishy are swinging for the fences on Nature’s Pill, and while they don’t always connect, I’ll take spirited failure over conservatism any day No Ripcord

Sheryl Crow  Pick You Up

Her latest offering may have lovely sentiments, but it sees her coast on autopilot, too MOR to make much impact musicOMH

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

It's packed with effortless harmonies and melodies that feel as if they've always been there. Print edition only Record Collector

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

While this, their 14th album, may not have the blood-rush of 1995's power-pop masterclass Grand Prix, it matches it every step of the way when it comes to hook-laden, harmonic thrills. Print edition only Uncut

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

Despite the no-nonsense title, Don Not Dare To Dream isn’t a bleak record: these warm, intuitive songs just know that glossy perfection isn’t necessarily the shape a happy life takes. It might be good to talk, but as Teenage Fanclub prove at this stage in their career, listening can be just as therapeutic Mojo

Teenage Fanclub  Do Not Dare To Dream

Scottish quintet settle comfortably into late middle-age with sunny harmonies, chiming guitars and a general warm demeanour on 13th album musicOMH

Jamie T  Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)

Jamie Treays' reflective sixth album is the sound of a man looking back on his past, but not being trapped by it musicOMH

Greg Freeman  All Set The Bone

One of the year's best Clash

Jamie T  Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)

Like a best friend you aint seen in years, its great to hear the return of those grasping vocals Louder Than War