-
10.0
67504
10.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Executed with finesse, sensitivity and a richly opaque narrative that allures and ultimately binds the listener from start to finish
Read Review
-
9.0
67507
9.0 |
The 405
They don't shatter boundaries or expectations, but instead provide a grand, bedrock-solid opus stuffed with 10-tonne emotional blows and tranquillity most indie-pop groups shun
Read Review
-
9.0
67591
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
To have held back from the hype machine and pursued their own vision of success is admirable. To have achieved this at the first time of asking, that’s damned well remarkable
Read Review
-
8.5
68408
8.5 |
The Quietus
Woman's Hour avoid sounding derivative by making pop music that looks you in the eye. If you meet their gaze, you won't find any tears, but you will find understanding
Read Review
-
8.0
67676
8.0 |
NME
Fans of dreamy, soulful indie-pop should tune in to the Cumbrians' captivatingly delicate debut
Read Review
-
8.0
67508
8.0 |
The FT
A restrained, soulful variety of indie-pop, reminiscent of London Grammar but not as bloodless
Read Review
-
8.0
67505
8.0 |
DIY
The sound of perfectionists giving into instinct. And once they shun exactitude and all its side effects, they emerge with a dazzling debut.
Read Review
-
7.6
67608
7.6 |
Earbuddy
The immense potential this band has is most evident on the more instrumentally dense and hook-laden tracks
Read Review
-
7.5
67553
7.5 |
Under The Radar
It's best suited for when you're in a laid-back mood, and never something you're going to throw on to get the heart pumping
Read Review
-
7.0
67510
7.0 |
Uncut
Their restrained approach pays dividends, but over the course of a whole album, a little more ribaldry is required. Print edition only
-
7.0
67607
7.0 |
The Music
Those craving harder edges may get bored halfway through
Read Review
-
7.0
67674
7.0 |
Clash
An impressive album, in many ways a unique one in this current landscape – though you sense that the best may be yet to come
Read Review
-
6.7
67601
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
For the most part, there is a stalwart consistency that interweaves through the tracks
Read Review
-
6.3
67546
6.3 |
Pitchfork
The best songs on Conversations point to a viable middle ground where earnest delicacy and shadowy tones co-exist, but the band has yet to fully explore that realm
Read Review
-
6.0
67542
6.0 |
musicOMH
The promise is unquestionable but the songs and melodies aren’t memorable; this is hopefully all part of the transformation and something that will develop as they enter the next stage of their intriguing growth
Read Review
-
6.0
67506
6.0 |
Time Out
‘Conversations’s unfiltered purity does leads to a degree of sameyness and a yearning for a touch of something both dirtier and more refined
Read Review
-
6.0
67654
6.0 |
The Guardian
There's an emptiness to its glow, as if bathed in the blue light of a laptop screen rather than a glinting disco ball
Read Review
-
6.0
67657
6.0 |
Evening Standard
This debut is destined to join The xx and London Grammar as a ubiquitous dinner-party soundtrack
Read Review
-
6.0
67712
6.0 |
The Observer
While the album repays repeated listening, Burgess's vocals throughout conjure an air of wounded melancholy
Read Review
-
4.0
67509
4.0 |
Mojo
In the near darkness don’t be fooled into thinking these “Conversations” are anything more than chit-chat. Print edition only
-