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9 March 2025

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Youth LagoonRarely Do I Dream

"This is a record you won’t forget in a hurry" (8/10 - Far Out). "The album represents a more mature development of Powers’ vision" (8.3/10 - Beats Per Minute). "Vital and exciting" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

John GlacierLike A Ribbon

"A captivating honest offering from a generational artist" (9/10 - Dork). "On one of the most accomplished debuts of recent times" (9/10 - musicOMH). "You’ll be repeating it again and again" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Sharon Van EttenSharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

"Songs which are anthemic in feel and universal in their lyricism" (10/10 - DIY). "It’s a bold step that suggests even bigger, better things to come" (8/10 - Dork)

Manic Street PreachersCritical Thinking

"It couldn’t be anyone else making this record in 2025" (8/10 - Under the Radar). "The Welsh rockers’ 15th album finds them in thought-provoking mood" (8/10 - The Guardian)

MogwaiThe Bad Fire

"The Bad Fire proves this legendary group can still produce moving, intelligent and vital work" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Some of the most euphoric music they’ve made in a while" (8/10 - DIY)

Saint EtienneThe Night

"Truly beautiful and moving ambient pop mini-triumph that's sad, nostalgic, and elegiac" (9/10 - All Music). "Conjures images of a city just before dawn rises" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Father John MistyMahashmashana

"Unequivocally stunning" (10/10 -The Arts Desk). "Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate" (9/10 - DIY). "One of his finest albums" (9/10 - musicOMH)

The Offspring

Days Go By

This ageing South California pop punk group sees them taking on a country influence

ADM rating[?]: 4.0
Label: Columbia
UK Release date: 25/06/2012
US Release date: 26/06/2012

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7.0 43488
7.0 | The Digital Fix

Don't take their lack of maturity to mean they are musically redundant
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4.0 43489
4.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Unfortunately for the Offspring, too many Days have gone by, and this record feels like too little, too late
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4.0 43634
4.0 | Q

How to ruin a record in two early steps. Print edition only
4.0 43487
4.0 | Rolling Stone

These Cali punks are coasting by on dourly told jokes and reheated mad-at-the-world bluster
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2.0 43486
2.0 | musicOMH

The Offspring have traded theirs for radio plays and a few cheap laughs
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