15 September 2025
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Third album of hip hop, folk and electronica from the London singer-songwriter produced by Cenzo Townshend (Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol)
7.4
A quite majestic return, one which really shows its creator at his most vulnerable Read Review
The Wimbledon singer is sucked into London's murky underworld on his enthralling third album Read Review
Jamie T still displays a talent for immense melody, poignant lyricism and an intuitive eye on the human condition Read Review
You suspect Jamie T sweated over this belated comeback but it never shows Read Review
Carry On the Grudge manoeuvres around post-adolescence with expertise. The void might exist, but at least now Jamie T is back there's someone to share the pain with Read Review
A profound and purgative experience, assuring Jamie’s prestige as a tortured yet penetrating genius Read Review
A collection of songs that explore his psyche whilst growing beyond what is expected of him Read Review
Jamie Treays has come back fighting and fighting brilliantly. Print edition only
Haunting, poignant and not quite right, this album reflects Jamie T’s maturing in all it’s confusing forms Read Review
There may not be many belly laughs in this particular Carry On ... but no-one will begrudge JT a few more sequels of a similar grade Read Review
While it’s a tried and tested formula, it’s also the 28-year old’s most balanced record to date Read Review
For all Carry on the Grudge’s flaws, you can see why he’s still here when most of his late noughties peers aren’t Read Review
Momentum trails off with the soporific concluding tracks, but there’s plenty to keep heads nodding and arms defiantly aloft Read Review
There’s a depth to the best songs, missing from the cartoonish outlines of his former work Read Review
A big step up in craftsmanship, but at no point do you feel this London troubadour might stray into realms as high as another London product of the Clash, grime poetics and the US – King Krule – does Read Review
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Jamie T: Carry On The Grudge
The Beths Straight Line Was A Lie
They’ve made their most mature, most incisive album yet. Not reinvention. Continuance. The long way round, mapped with clarity Dork
Baxter Dury Allbarone
Allbarone is the next destination for Dury as an experimental artist; he’s successfully been able to capture something new with his twist on hyperpop. The result is an intriguing effort that catapults him into the future realms of pop Beats Per Minute
Allbarone is Baxter Dury’s most hypnotic and groovy record yet, fusing his sardonic wit with club-ready beats. Distinct, contemporary, and utterly Dury, the artist’s ninth album proves he’s far from running out of ideas Northern Transmissions
Jade That's Showbiz Baby!
Clearly learning from her time in a supergroup, JADE’s debut — her first exercising of creative control — is as clear-headed and funny as you’d expect from a veteran Northern Transmissions
The chameleonic former Little Mix member, ever-captivating as she shapeshifts through park ’n bark ballads and synthy, up-tempo dance music, goes big on her solo debut Paste Magazine
Maruja Pain To Power
The Manchester quartet’s long-awaited debut album is a feral and loving atmosphere calling attention to world crises. The songs are overwhelming but never threadbare, packed with colossal brass, elastic diatribes, and tourniquet rhythms Paste Magazine
Big Thief Double Infinity
A kaleidoscopic view on 60s-inspired psychedelic, rock/country-tinged folk music Sputnik Music (staff)
Saint Etienne International
Though hardly a crippling disappointment, Saint Etienne’s reported final album is a far-cry from their superior earlier work Spectrum Culture
Ed Sheeran Play
Sheeran’s career opened the door to a deluge of cack The Arts Desk
Shame Cutthroat
The rawness of the album, which compliments their live sound exponentially, comes from the throw away lyricism and the manner of Steen’s animated vocal delivery Clash
Gruff Rhys Dim Probs
Dim Probs engages with deeply rooted truths. Print edition only Record Collector
What may be lost slightly in translation is mitigated by the musicality of the vocal tones, with Cate Le Bon and H Hawkline H adding a plaintive backing chorus on "Pan Ddaw'r Haul I Fore". Print edition only Uncut
Even with zero knowledge of what is going on lyrically, these songs are often beautifully evocative. Print edition only Mojo
While ‘Dim Probs’, on initial listens, may not appear the most substantial addition to Rhys’ work, it is nevertheless a relaxed (and relaxing) thing of warm humanity and beauty that, in the long run, may be more durable than much of his more lavish and accessible outputs Clash
Former Super Furry Animals man celebrates the Welsh language while taking in rich influences and instrumentation from countries far and wide musicOMH
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
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange