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Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

It feels like Lea had a ton of things she wanted to express and she seemingly tried to express them all. What the outcome is may be a little messy, a bit raw and extremely intimate but because of this, it’s all intensely real and very human Northern Transmission

Metz  Automat

Sequenced here in chronological order, those seven-inches, along with the odds and ends that follow, document the progression of a band getting less imaginative over time Paste Magazine

Plaid  Polymer

There are melodies and some grand gestures, but the lack of tension and dynamics makes Polymer feel empty Resident Advisor

Metz  Automat

A decent body of work which would actually work well as an introduction to the band for those yet to encounter METZ’s noise to date The Independent

Ed Sheeran  No.6 Collaborations Project

Gathering guests from every corner of the Top 40, the singer-songwriter contemplates aloneness, fame and marital salvation Rolling Stone

Mega Bog  Dolphine

Dolphine’s songs are mystical, yes – but by no means are they not also tough, topical and profound The Quietus

The Soft Cavalry  The Soft Cavalry

Another post-reunion project for Slowdive's Rachel Goswell. In collaborator Steve Clarke she has discovered a talented songwriter and married him, no less PopMatters

Blood Orange  Angel's Pulse

Dev Hynes’ new mixtape feels light and loose, a pre-production sketchbook presented as a charmingly finished product with the help of several key guests Pitchfork

Banks  III

While the brooding pop singer can’t always shake the anodyne songwriting that plagued her past work, III is still Banks’ best album to date Pitchfork

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

The Montreal singer-songwriter’s debut album uses heartbreak as the springboard for an innovative brand of indie rock that’s both fiery and introspective Pitchfork

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

Ada Lea's workmanship is striking on what we say in private, as she delicately showcases both the chaos and beauty of change Exclaim

Tycho  Weather

Tycho continues expanding and refining his sound, dipping into even more sublime headspaces in the process The 405

The Soft Cavalry  The Soft Cavalry

Rachel Goswell and Steve Clarke’s voices often meld together beautifully. But sometimes they try to do too much with too little Spectrum Culture

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

Unexpected and quietly ambitious. Print edition only Uncut

Ada Lea  What We Say In Private

There's an artful intricacy to her lo-fi pop. Print edition only Mojo