15 November 2026
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Debut album of largely accappella versions of traditional American folk with minimal guitar accompaniment from the Vermont female trio
7.3
The quiet beauty of the LP speaks for itself, and one need only listen to understand that the band's peers will be hard pressed to match an album as effortlessly gorgeous as this Read Review
In its own somewhat retrograde way Made The Harbor is probably as daring a record as you'll hear this year and there will always be a place for artists like Mountain Man to make records which are as totally out of time and place as this one Read Review
They sing in devastating three-part harmonies, usually a cappella, sometimes accompanied by sparing acoustic guitar. Print edition only
If you’re willing to let it work its gentle magic on you, Made The Harbour will continue to offer up its humble delights for some time Read Review
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Feels like eavesdropping, such is the delicate and gorgeous intimacy of the record. But Mountain Man aren’t delicate, in fact they are an elemental force using the human voice to channel something inherently spiritual Read Review
A thoroughly compelling a capella album that occupies the space between mother nature and minimal folk Read Review
At its best, Harbor feels like a private performance of friends only out to please themselves. But if you promise to sit quietly and listen, you're more than welcome to stay Read Review
A deservedly welcome addition to already-great Bella Union Read Review
The sound is austere but there are riches here, yielded over time Read Review
An easy - and enjoyable - vocal adventure to get lost in Read Review
The band – Molly, Alexandra and Amelia – have undeniably worked up some imaginative vocal work, their collective delivery shimmers faultlessly throughout the set Read Review
There’s a purity to the gorgeous ‘White Heron’ and ‘Arabella’ that serves as a welcome antidote to the pseudo-country ramblings of Fleet Foxes and their ilk Read Review
There is promising stuff on the trio’s debut. However, the three probably need to look past the days of butter churners and ankle-length skirts before they can record something truly poignant and remarkable Read Review
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Mountain Man: Made The Harbor
U2 Carnaval de Luz
This is not a radical reinvention of Rattle And Hum-to-Achtung Baby magnitude, or even a wilful evolution akin to that from How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb to No Line On Th Horizon. The ghosts of U2's past are summoned in numbers, though they are frequently mischievously partnered to interestingly incongruous effect. Print edition only Uncut
The Irish legends' best work in 25 years homages their eras, brings Brian Eno to bear on keys and even wheels out the late Dolly Parton musicOMH
Royal Blood Dead Company
It’s a record that sounds exactly like you would hope a new Royal Blood album would sound like, it’s little wonder that they are as big as they are, a consistently fine listen God Is In The TV
Kings Of Leon O My Beloved
With Carnaval De Luz they are not reinventing themselves or trying to be the current flavour of the month. What they do with this album is revisit their older glories and create new music and sound Spill Magazine
U2 return with a defiant and celebratory record that captures them still at the height of their powers Hot Press
This is Lorelei The Singer In My Band
Nate Amos fills his latest album with other people’s stories: some linger, others get lost in the scenery Still Listening
Out for blood! Brighton bruisers Royal Blood blast back-to-basics on fifth album Kerrang!
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher floor the accelerator and embark on another collision course of energised and uncompromising riff-rock for album number five NME
Dead Company is arguably the best album they’ve released since their debut, but doesn’t exactly come close to topping it Sputnik Music (staff)
Royal Blood's latest album is competently made and frequently enjoyable, but almost entirely foreseeable The Skinny
There are no frills on this fifth set, once again self-produced by Kerr and Thatcher; instead, it provides a brisk hard rock assault that should please the faithful and entice newcomers to dig into their back catalog All Music
Bono and co. return to full strength with a celebration of hope over despair Mojo
Twisted Teens The Holy Cross Tigers
They revamp the work of their progenitors while at the same time transcending it. Never wandering too far from the music that inspires them, Twisted Teens occupy a space that is distinctly theirs Beats Per Minute
Shygirl Swallow!
The UK electronica figurehead takes a sentimental turn on her tender but assured sophomore release Paste Magazine
The Irish stadium legends’ latest is pedantic and ambiguous, rife with centrist pandering that ends up saying nothing at all Paste Magazine
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Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
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
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways