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Bonobo
Distance in Static
On what he has hinted may be his final “traditional” LP as Bonobo, the UK producer cycles through moods and styles, with a particular focus on the clubby soundscapes of his DJ era
Pitchfork
Bonobo
Distance in Static
By turns studiedly moody and urgently intense, Simon Green's global outlook is at once reassuring and thought provoking
musicOMH
Bonobo
Distance in Static
Lush, immersive, and deeply physical, this is his best in a decade
Clash
Bonobo
Distance in Static
It's all so smooth that you rarely get a sense of who he is. Print edition only
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Bonobo
Distance in Static
Simon Green's eighth album as Bonobo feels like a celebration - few blend club-adjacent electronica with warm-hearted downtempo quite as adroitly as he does here. Print edition only
Mojo
The Tubs
Hard Life
There’s only so many jangly guitars, high-pitched vocals, and tales of moving to the big smoke that one needs in an album before it starts to grate
Far Out
The Tubs
Hard Life
It’s a ludicrous, entirely unexpected occurrence when a band release a single album that sounds like a Greatest Hits collection, but track after track, hook after blinding hook, and line after wry line, that’s what we get – every song building on the glistening brilliance of the last
God Is In The TV
The Tubs
Hard Life
Britain’s best indie-rockers hold fast to their defiantly old-school sound, slipping wry sideways looks at despair in among hooky melodies that always sound like a good time
The Guardian
The Tubs
Hard Life
Their most fine-tuned and sonically rich album to date, with 12 more fantastically catchy and emotionally turbulent songs in the style they’ve been perfecting along the way
All Music
The Tubs
Hard Life
The Welsh band's classic rock twisted indie folk on their third album demonstrates their earwormy ability to write a hook
musicOMH
The Tubs
Hard Life
The band’s post-punk-infused songs sink in quickly and stand up to repeat listens
Slant Magazine
The Tubs
Hard Life
A record that is a ridiculously hook-heavy collection of songs - and one that unquestionably positions Williams as one of our most unique and arresting contemporary songwriters. Print edition only
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