14 November 2026
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Second album of lo-fi indie pop from the St Louis four-piece led by Scottish musician Gary McClure
6.8
A sweet flurry of an album that blows by in a heartfelt 30 minutes Read Review
McClure’s managed to retain the ingenuous character of his debut, blending pop sparkle and melancholic indie charm in a way that recalls New Zealand’s legendary Chills Read Review
It’s American Wrestlers 2.0: bigger and bolder, the bare bones of exciting promise from last year’s release built upon Read Review
American Wrestlers' frayed-at-the-edges indie pop places gnarly guitars at the centre and has tunes to burn. Print edition only
Goodbye Terrible Youth is a sure sign of great things to come from American Wrestlers. For now, we can enjoy the fruit of McClure’s labors and pains through this very, very good offering of thoughtful fuzz pop Read Review
Songs like “Give Up”, “So Long”, “Terrible Youth” – all of them, really, there are only nine – are fuzzed out and unfussy, but not just simple pleasures Read Review
A significant improvement for a band that’s still coming into its own Read Review
Despite missing this quirky and cutesy loveable aspect that made the first album so intriguing, it’s hard to throw much criticism at Goodbye Terrible Youth Read Review
The sound of a man shedding his former skin and embracing his new environs with verve and confidence Read Review
A strong effort from a band who hadn’t written together for over a decade Read Review
Bedroom pop act emerges with a poignant reflection on youth Read Review
He wears his influences on his sleeve throughout this album, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing Read Review
You can’t help but miss the sense of risk-taking that characterised McClure’s ramshackle early work Read Review
Despite some quick song transitions and the consistent full-band sound throughout, Goodbye Terrible Youth fails to connect well as an album Read Review
There are small elements of math rock which are not without their virtues, but a repeat listen proved arduous Read Review
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American Wrestlers: Goodbye Terrible Youth
U2 Carnaval de Luz
This is not a radical reinvention of Rattle And Hum-to-Achtung Baby magnitude, or even a wilful evolution akin to that from How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb to No Line On Th Horizon. The ghosts of U2's past are summoned in numbers, though they are frequently mischievously partnered to interestingly incongruous effect. Print edition only Uncut
The Irish legends' best work in 25 years homages their eras, brings Brian Eno to bear on keys and even wheels out the late Dolly Parton musicOMH
Royal Blood Dead Company
It’s a record that sounds exactly like you would hope a new Royal Blood album would sound like, it’s little wonder that they are as big as they are, a consistently fine listen God Is In The TV
Kings Of Leon O My Beloved
With Carnaval De Luz they are not reinventing themselves or trying to be the current flavour of the month. What they do with this album is revisit their older glories and create new music and sound Spill Magazine
U2 return with a defiant and celebratory record that captures them still at the height of their powers Hot Press
This is Lorelei The Singer In My Band
Nate Amos fills his latest album with other people’s stories: some linger, others get lost in the scenery Still Listening
Out for blood! Brighton bruisers Royal Blood blast back-to-basics on fifth album Kerrang!
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher floor the accelerator and embark on another collision course of energised and uncompromising riff-rock for album number five NME
Dead Company is arguably the best album they’ve released since their debut, but doesn’t exactly come close to topping it Sputnik Music (staff)
Royal Blood's latest album is competently made and frequently enjoyable, but almost entirely foreseeable The Skinny
There are no frills on this fifth set, once again self-produced by Kerr and Thatcher; instead, it provides a brisk hard rock assault that should please the faithful and entice newcomers to dig into their back catalog All Music
Bono and co. return to full strength with a celebration of hope over despair Mojo
Twisted Teens The Holy Cross Tigers
They revamp the work of their progenitors while at the same time transcending it. Never wandering too far from the music that inspires them, Twisted Teens occupy a space that is distinctly theirs Beats Per Minute
Shygirl Swallow!
The UK electronica figurehead takes a sentimental turn on her tender but assured sophomore release Paste Magazine
The Irish stadium legends’ latest is pedantic and ambiguous, rife with centrist pandering that ends up saying nothing at all Paste Magazine
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