15 November 2026
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Indie rock / shoegaze from Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt on his second solo outing
7.4
A record that manages to balance incredible layers of complexity with smart pop sensibility and come out sounding lush and instant, truly brilliant in both senses of the word Read Review
In fully realizing its comparatively modest ambitions, it's one of the strongest indie rock records of the year so far Read Review
An impressive lesson in subtlety, class and restraint Read Review
Pundt proves he can walk the tightrope between listener-friendly anthems and cerebral digressions into edgier terrain with aplomb Read Review
Pundt seems to joyfully celebrate the full spectrum of contemporary-retrospective guitar pop Read Review
There is a prevailing, bleary charm in its warmest moments that make it well worth investigating. Print edition only
Pundt’s exquisite entanglements of vivid pop, lucid electronics, and straight-up rock and roll demand to be heard Read Review
A warm embrace that’s hard to resist Read Review
Lotus Plaza may have just levelled up with Deerhunter – and I can’t think of a higher compliment than that Read Review
Spooky Action at a Distance might be more low-key than some of Pundt's other work with and without Lotus Plaza, but it's still a great showcase for his winsome songs Read Review
The sound of an artist who’s surpassed the seemingly inescapable limiting insularity of his own solo project, and to say that this is in itself impressive would be an understatement Read Review
"Meditative” is probably the best way to describe the 44-minute trajectory of this album. The songs sprawl until Pundt finally decides that he’s ready to move ahead Read Review
As a whole, Spooky Action feels like a mostly great demo: In many ways, we’ve heard all these songs before, in slightly tighter fashion, on the last two Deerhunter albums Read Review
Pundt's seamless coagulation makes the familiar unfamiliar. Print edition only
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Lotus Plaza: Spooky Action At A Distance
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
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
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