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Rachel Chinouriri  What A Devastating Turn Of Events

After a string of EPs, Chinouriri arrives at her first full-length with confidence and ease. Devastation has never sounded so fun The Line Of Best Fit

Rachel Chinouriri  What A Devastating Turn Of Events

Smartly sequenced and wound by emotional depth, Rachel Chinouriri’s debut is guitar pop from a bygone era The Skinny

Rachel Chinouriri  What A Devastating Turn Of Events

Closing a lengthy wait for her debut album, Rachel Chinouriri proves that every moment was necessary on a defining triumph Clash

Rachel Chinouriri  What A Devastating Turn Of Events

In these hard times, the 25-year-old's characterful tunes are warm and uplifting: music primed for brighter days ahead NME

Camera Obscura  Look to the East, Look to the West

Tracyanne Campbell still writes exquisite songs that don’t sacrifice melancholy for cleverness, and the band still provide smart arrangements that nod to country, Motown, Brill Building pop and other distinctly American sounds. Print edition only Uncut

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Each track is woven with a tapestry of timpani, glockenspiel, baritone saxophone, and flute yet this orchestration never sounds too much retaining a subtlety and cavernous space. It allows her fantastic vocals, vivid couplets, and bittersweet melodies to radiate God Is In The TV

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Pratt has long been a consummate texturalist; mining the pop playbook in resourceful ways, she’s now an exemplary tunesmith as well – the result is sublime The Line Of Best Fit

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

With her best songs yet, the Californian singer’s fourth album could transform her from fringe act to mainstream success The Guardian

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Jessica Pratt’s fourth album of hypnagogic folk music hones her mysterious song to its finest point Pitchfork

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Here in the Pitch is another leap forward that sees her pushing into new realms with stunning effect Under The Radar

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Her songs are still wounded and far away, but the expanded instrumentation gives them a prismatic glow and makes for one of the most fascinating and repeatable sets from an artist who was already in a class by herself All Music

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

Don't worry so much about what it all means, lie back and let the tape hiss. Print edition only Mojo

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

A cresting, rolling record of complexity and depth. Print edition only Uncut

Jessica Pratt  Here In The Pitch

The Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s fourth album — and her first in five years — attempts to reckon with time and all of its charms, disasters and unknowns Paste Magazine

Dua Lipa  Radical Optimism

I can’t see ‘Radical Optimism’ sliding in straight to number one in fans’ affections, but if the slow-burn of ‘Future Nostalgia’ is anything to go by, Dua Lipa would have grounds to be, as her latest project suggests, radically optimistic about the album’s future Clash