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Yorkshire’s premier purveyors of lovelorn pop deliver a few more gems on their sophomore release
A less whimsical collection than the Brooklyn duo’s debut, but still thoroughly charming with it.
The folktronica collective’s fourth album pulls everything they’d hinted at with their previous work in to focus, making it arguably their finest record to date.
Steele and Littlemore aim to be the latest beneficiaries of a year that’s been very kind to those pedalling disco, funk and the smooth sounds of the 70s.
The former Fiery Furnaces frontwoman continues her transformation in to a solo artist we should be taking very seriously, all without losing any of the charm and humour of her best work.
Assured and assertive in its sense of self, Rambutan isn’t quite a landmark album – but it is a milestone.
Matt Berninger continues to find inspiration behind suburbia’s blackout curtains as The National deliver their wisest, most stately record to date.
After sly hints at a change in direction, Sigur Rós have delivered a record that’s both more menacing and more accessible than many would have believed possible.
Though they remain as lovable as ever, a lack of ambition and failure to settle on a signature sound sees the Yorkshire rock trio in danger of seeming irrelevant.
After a four-year absence, Camera Obscura deliver a record, loaded with verve and panache, that makes it seem like they were never away
With album number three, Smith Westerns put away childish things and attempt a more introspective and intricate sound.
Thomas Hannan explores the moments of grandeur in ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ and wonders whether the drip-feed marketing campaign fuelled fan fare is justified.