The Lemon Twigs
A Dream Is All We Know
It’s not quite their Revolver, but who’s to say they won’t be releasing their very own Sgt Pepper by the time the year’s out?
musicOMH
Mdou Moctar
Funeral For Justice
This may be the best of an already-excellent run of albums, produced by the greatest rock band in the world
musicOMH
Kamasi Washington
Fearless Movement
This feels like a fearless artistic movement if ever I heard one
Clash
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