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Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

Brilliant return in every respect Spill Magazine

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Wandering everywhere, from subtle jazz and bossa nova, to seventies Laurel Canyon sound and elsewhere, wherever she saw her songs fitting in, and they all fit in like a perfect glove Spill Magazine

Pet Shop Boys  nonetheless

Nonetheless advances the pair’s long anthology of delivering insightful narratives with blissful melodies, stately symphonious ornamentation, and elevated cultural commentary Albumism

Taylor Swift  The Tortured Poets Department

From wistful melodies to the defiant synth anthems, Swift's new album resonates with a universality that transcends age and experience, speaking directly to the heart of her dedicated fans Albumism

Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

It turns out that subtlety suits them, and if Look to the East, Look to the West isn’t as immediately grabby as past albums were, these songs are nonetheless built to last Paste Magazine

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

There are a lot of individual moments on Radical Optimism that are lovely to listen to, and it’s definitely worth a spin Sputnik Music (staff)

Sia  Reasonable Woman

There is always part of me that will search for the rawness, individuality and quirk-pop oddities of her early work The Arts Desk

Sia  Reasonable Woman

The Australian hitmaker reaches for moments of brilliance on her 10th studio album. But too often it plays like generic inspiration The Guardian

Sia  Reasonable Woman

Her first album in three years, Reasonable Woman, is also solid, a return to the aesthetic mean that works more than it doesn’t. None of the singles released from it so far have been hits, but they’re all resolutely competent examples of Sia’s knack for sweeping, feelings-heavy glitz Rolling Stone

Sia  Reasonable Woman

The Australian star’s latest is full of soaring pop anthems which are easy to sing along to, and proof that she can still hit the high marks musicOMH

Sia  Reasonable Woman

After nearly a decade of varying output and an uncertain direction, Reasonable Woman gets Sia back on track, joining Fear and Acting as one of the most compelling and listenable efforts in her post-breakthrough catalog - a huge relief for anyone who thought she had lost her touch All Music

Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

This is a record of survival — theirs and ours. Cheers to a welcome return Under The Radar

Mdou Moctar  Funeral For Justice

Funeral For Justice represents another step in decentralizing the public discourse from Western normative standards, hopefully allowing for a better understanding of others and ourselves Spin

Nina Nastasia  Riderless Horse

Her first album in three years, Reasonable Woman, is also solid, a return to the aesthetic mean that works more than it doesn’t. None of the singles released from it so far have been hits, but they’re all resolutely competent examples of Sia’s knack for sweeping, feelings-heavy glitz Rolling Stone

Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

Eleven years since their last album and nine since keyboardist Carey Lander’s death, the beloved Scottish indie-poppers return with an appealing balance of fond memories and fresh energy Pitchfork