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Our Girl
The Good Kind
There are some moments that fall flat, but as a general rule, Our Girl has made something wonderful
Far Out
Our Girl
The Good Kind
Unlike their debut, this album is more grown-up. Less staring at the feet, sitting on large sofas, with cold cups of tea
God Is In The TV
Our Girl
The Good Kind
Community and self-realisation win out on Our Girl's sublime second album. Print edition only
Record Collector
Our Girl
The Good Kind
While The Good Kind opens with an affirmation and proceeds to calmly reflect on gratitude and struggle, it never quite leaves uncertainty behind, including ending on the intimate "Absences," a song about seizures and secrets
All Music
Our Girl
The Good Kind
This is an incredibly exciting LP that fans of the group’s debut will lap up and will hopefully win over new fans
Clash
Our Girl
The Good Kind
Fronted by The Big Moon’s Soph Nathan, the London trio’s second album is nuanced, melodic and comfortable in its own skin
NME
Primal Scream
Come Ahead
Bobby Gillespie and co’s first album in eight years offsets brittle plastic funk and syrupy ballads with meaty riffs and disco beats
musicOMH
Primal Scream
Come Ahead
The frontman of the Scottish rockers contemplates mortality and more on an album with shades of 70s Philly soul
The Observer
Primal Scream
Come Ahead
Bobby Gillespie is good at posturing, as rock frontmen ought to be, but emotional depth isn’t his thing
The FT
The Cure
Songs Of A Lost World
As usual with Smith at his saddest, you don’t leave his orbit feeling worse about the world. You feel comforted by the fact that someone shares this universal pain so deeply
A.V. Club
Tyler, The Creator
Chromakopia
After 15 years of being in the industry, Tyler, the Creator has reached the apex of his life and career. He’s ready to reap the accompanying benefits, and express himself fully, without the ever-present chip on his shoulder
A.V. Club
Haley Heynderickx
Seed of a Seed
It is a wonderfully meta title for a record – Seed of a Seed — and it’s a poetic look at nurturing the things in our inner lives that will ultimately lead to our fruitfulness
Northern Transmissions
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