11 November 2026
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Third album and first on a major for soul singer-songwriter from Allston Massachusetts
5.8
A belting good voice adds to some highly competent and often entertaining songwriting to make a hugely enjoyable album Read Review
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Eli’s irrepressible personality shines through this varied and very appealing collection of songs, and tunes abound Read Review
Come And Get It cheats your ears into believing that you can actually hear the crackling of a record as each track plays, sending those sixties feel-good jive vibes straight into your soul Read Review
He’s onto a good thing: back-combing his hair to the sound of authentic soul while digging grooves that the likes of Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse and Plan B are currently staking a claim to Read Review
Reed’s infectious songwriting, along with his formidable voice, are what keep this project from sinking under the weight of its lumbering production Read Review
Not only is he not gifted with a voice like Cooke, Redding or Pickett, he simply lacks the environment those great artists were working from. Come and get it? Nope Read Review
This paperboy delivers, but unfortunately it's old news Read Review
A set of neatly-tailored but ultimately routine blue-eyed soul Read Review
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Eli 'Paperboy' Reed: Come And Get It
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
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Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
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Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways