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Steven Wilson  The Overview

We are left with several fragmented bits and a couple of fleshed out numbers in between. Had Steven expanded them more would have led to a very immersive project, just as complex as the concept undertaken Sputnik Music (staff)

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

Lady Gaga’s official return to pop isn’t quite the grand return one might’ve hoped for — and it’s never, as the title suggests, “mayhem” Spectrum Culture

SASAMI  Blood On the Silver Screen

On her third album, the Los Angeles songwriter pivots to pop. When she leans into outsized production and campy hooks, she soars—but more often, her anemic songwriting falters Pitchfork

Circuit des Yeux  Halo On The Inside

On Halo on the Inside, Fohr has found freedom in the perverse. She’s the growling goat-god of our nightmares. In her newly bestial form, she’s never sounded so regenerated and spiritually integrated – so terrifyingly animal and alive Crack

Edwyn Collins  Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

This is not an album fearing old age and death, this is an album full of optimism, and that’s absolutely wonderful to hear God Is In The TV

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

The latest instalment in the saga of revenge and warfare is enjoyably colourful — but is it prog? The FT

Steven Wilson  The Overview

The musician takes the perspective of an astronaut in songs that combine ambient electronica and cosmic music The FT

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

Astonishingly, there are still two more albums in the Vaxis sub-saga. But if such tall tales remain the fuel for sounds as invigorating as these, we’ll be hanging on every word Kerrang!

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

The best Coheed and Cambria album not in one decade, but two Sputnik Music (staff)

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

It provides an imaginative escape, just like art should The Arts Desk

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

Coheed and Cambria are in a contemplative mood, but that doesn’t stop them from deploying their trademark intricate guitar riffs and catchy choruses PopMatters

Coheed and Cambria  The Father of Make Believe

Showcases remarkable range, balancing mellow and metal. Much of the music evokes the intensity of an epic RPG boss fight – rousing, righteous stuff Dork

Circuit des Yeux  Halo On The Inside

With some of her most accessible material to date mingling with some hauntingly exquisite performances, Halo on the Inside is a grand venture into the unknown for an artist who has not only reinvented herself repeatedly but continues to show bravery in every artistic leap she takes Far Out

Circuit des Yeux  Halo On The Inside

There’s an undeniable confidence here, a convergence of everything Fohr has explored before—the operatic power of -io, the rhythmic momentum of Jackie Lynn, the raw intimacy of her early work. God Is In The TV

Circuit des Yeux  Halo On The Inside

Created in the depth of night, Haley Fohr’s latest studio album sounds like her take on industrial dance music: sludgy, colossal, and teeming with darkness Pitchfork