13 November 2026
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Third album of indie psychedelic rock from Los Angeles five-piece
6.1
Alive As You Are is what west-coast rock 'n' roll is supposed to sound like Read Review
A psychedelic record with great affection for the Byrds and the Beatles, but played with the discipline and pithiness of former punks Read Review
This is an album to be held close to your heart and revered as psych-pop scripture Read Review
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There is a certain folkish warmth about it which makes it perfectly listenable. It is without doubt a good record, but fans will definitely need to keep an open mind Read Review
A refined strain [of pschedelia] rooted in the sylvan harmonies and cosmic sentiments of West Coast alumni such as The Byrds and Grateful Dead Read Review
Familiarity is both Alive As You Are's strength and its main failing, but there are enough acid-soaked pop hooks of their own to last the summer Read Review
Alive As You Are's sea change is perhaps just a little too severe to fully engage with in one sitting, and despite the band's insistence this record represents a significant step forward, its retrogressive veneer casts something of a bewildering shadow Read Review
With the layers of noise stripped away, only the detached attitude remains, which instead reveals a band that, while technically gifted and reverent to their source material, may not be entirely comfortable with the new skin Read Review
After a supreme early demonstration of pastiche, Alive As You Are's back half reveals a capable pop band writing capable pop songs Read Review
This band needs to recognize that the Summer Of Love is obsolete, and trying to resuscitate a dead scene is an anachronistic pursuit that will only lead to them being discarded like so much unwanted tie-dyes Read Review
This is solid music; no song falls short of this pleasant, sunny mood Read Review
Alive As You Are is a pop album, and a poorly dated one at that. Sounding like a lost tape from the early ‘60s Read Review
Darker My Love: Alive As You Are
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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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
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Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways