25 February 2021
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Celeste Not Your Muse
Confirms her 2019 Rising Star Brit and BBC's Sound Of 2020 awards were no fluke. Print edition only Mojo
Architects For Those That Wish To Exist
A long and constantly shifting album. It also sounds like it could be a crucial one in Architects’ ongoing evolution Kerrang!
Cloud Nothings The Shadow I Remember
Raw and uncompromising, yet always harbouring a degree of melody DIY
The bleaker things get, the stronger they emerge DIY
Maxïmo Park Nature Always Wins
There’s no upturning of the band’s musical blueprint, but their social conscience has earned them a third act DIY
For better and worse, the Ohio quartet's eighth album speaks to their 10 years in the game, a lack of inventiveness offset by their relentless drive NME
The Geordie misfits return with joyful pop songs and introspective anthems aplenty on their seventh studio album NME
Julien Baker Little Oblivions
Blossoming her one-woman show into an overwhelming soundscape of loops and effects, Baker nonetheless remains one of the most lyrically direct and bracing acts in modern music Spectrum Culture
Pauline Anna Strom Angel Tears In Sunlight
Unsung ‘80s synth pioneer signs off with an album that looks back wistfully, rather than blazing new electronic trails Spectrum Culture
A transcendent parting gift to the universe, Angel Tears in Sunlight is a timeless addition to Strom’s canonical legacy Crack
This posthumous addition to her near perfect catalogue confirms that statement, expertly revealing how attuned to the universe she was and how vibrantly her imagination shone in the dark musicOMH
Angel Tears in Sunlight serves as another worthy album from an unheralded talent Beats Per Minute
The electronic composer’s first album in 33 years is also her final one—she passed away in December. The synthesizer pieces here are the lightest and most playful of her career, like beacons of hope and change Pitchfork
Strom’s first album in 30 years – and last, following her death in December – is a quiet riot of digitally manipulated drones and noise The Guardian
Blanck Mass IN FERNEAUX
The raw components of the record are recognisable enough – Power’s hyperactive synths are pursued by his customary snarls of digital distortion and white noise, intermittently broken up by scatty field recordings and disarmingly open piano chords – but it’s their presentation that’s so captivating Loud And Quiet
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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Run The Jewels RTJ4