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Mamalarky  Hex Key

The Los Angeles band’s third album is the clearest reconciliation between the tension of their easygoing indie pop and their meticulous musicianship yet Paste Magazine

Mamalarky  Hex Key

A record that challenges as much as it charms Northern Transmissions

Mamalarky  Hex Key

Hex Key wavers on infectious hooks fused with eccentric strut but it also seems afraid of the plunge necessary to ring out each cut’s real creative worth Far Out

Mamalarky  Hex Key

Hex Key is compellingly weird and rhythmically and melodically catchy, with each of its fluorescent, silver-, or neon-colored tracks holding earworm potential All Music

Bon Iver  SABLE, fABLE

Too much of this record sounds like it could have been made by almost anyone and that's not good, and neither in the end is SABLE, fABLE All Music

Bon Iver  SABLE, fABLE

Justin Vernon’s version of ‘radiant pop music’ is to brighten his earthy, acoustic landscapes with synths and drum pads The Independent

Bon Iver  SABLE, fABLE

Justin Vernon is incapable of making a ‘happy’ record. The upbeat moments here are inevitably followed by deep longueurs. But the abiding feeling is one of peace The Irish Times

Bon Iver  SABLE, fABLE

Sable, Fable is an album that is felt as much as heard: the contraction of its opening tracks, the release of its love songs, the resolve of its closing numbers. Print edition only Uncut

Bon Iver  SABLE, fABLE

In a world of uncertainty and chaos in 2025, there is absolutely nothing wrong with just being nice Dork

Black Country, New Road  Forever Howlong

The Cambridge band’s third album rotates among three distinct lead vocalists: Tyler Hyde, May Kershaw, and Georgia Ellery. Each musician brings a separate aesthetic, vocabulary, and emotional compass to the material, allowing every track to fully inhabit its writer’s idiosyncrasies Paste Magazine

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs  Death Hilarious

On the Newcastle band’s fifth album, taking the “scenic route” to Hell sounds downright pleasant compared to the route we’re on right now in the US, and perhaps in the UK, too Paste Magazine

Scowl  We Are All Angels

It feels like an attack on the senses where you don’t actually stop to take anything in for even a single second Far Out

Scowl  We Are All Angels

‘Are We All Angels’ stands as both a thrilling evolution and a provocative statement from a band determined to define themselves on their own terms, delivering one of the best heavy albums in years in the process – no wings required Dork

Scowl  We Are All Angels

Love it or hate it, one thing’s clear here: this band’s ambitions are soaring skyward DIY

Scowl  We Are All Angels

Despite some undeniably massive moments, it seems like the bite has been taken out of Californian hardcore lot Scowl on their new album The Skinny