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Saint Etienne  International

To bow out on such a lovely, heartwarming note, this last time that we get to hear new Saint Etienne on record is one to remember The Line Of Best Fit

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

A short but not-so-sweet effort from the mega-star who can’t quite fully translate her magnetism to record musicOMH

Jehnny Beth  You Heartbreaker, You

Ex-Savages singer’s second solo album is coal black in tone and delivery and extends the legacy of her former band musicOMH

Flyte  Between You and Me

Flyte’s fourth album feels a lot like a coming-of-age record The Independent

Flyte  Between You and Me

The soft place where love and malaise meet Far Out

Flyte  Between You and Me

It’s spirited by the tender charm of folk and is charged by the edge of alternative rock. The arrangements glisten with both restraint, and intention Northern Transmissions

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

The pop star’s Short n’ Sweet follow-up is as brainy as it is raunchy, with clever wordplay superseded only by inspired form Paste Magazine

Margo Price  Hard Headed Woman

The Nashville singer-songwriter’s sixth album is squarely on the honky-tonk track: the guitars twang, the bass makes its jovial undulations, and their sound combined gives an upbeat impression despite Price’s unvarnished ire Paste Magazine

Flyte  Between You and Me

Part-Jayhawks, part-Elliott Smith, the London band's latest has an aura of dreaminess and nostalgia to it Paste Magazine

Flyte  Between You and Me

On an album that’s so packed with deftly crafted, hyper-resonant vignettes of uncertainty, nervousness, and nihilism, the sunny moments really do shine Clash

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

Her lyrical ability to write a double entendre needs to be studied in a lab Evening Standard

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

Can an old dog learn new tricks? Maybe, but Carpenter performs the same ones. “You think that I’m gonna fuck with your head?” she asks at the start of one song, “Well, you’re absolutely right.” Not a great joke if you already know the punchline Northern Transmissions

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

It tells you over and over again who she is — horny, playful and confident — without giving the listener the thrill of really feeling much of anything at all Exclaim

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

There are some sensational songs on the pop star’s follow-up to ‘Short n’ Sweet’, but too much of the rest struggles for lift-off The Independent

Sabrina Carpenter  Man’s Best Friend

If possible, the album is even hornier than its predecessor Slant Magazine