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This Is Why

Paramore

Paramore - This Is Why 8.2

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Post-Punk
Rock
This Is Why runs on nervous energy. Paramore use clipped guitars, active bass lines and tightly controlled drums to make ordinary…

The Painful Truth

Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie - The Painful Truth 8.7

Album review

Alternative Rock
Electronic
Indie
Rock
An Artist Is an Artist is a good way to announce your return. Skunk Anansie open The Painful Truth with a tense, impatient song…

A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

The 1975

The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships 8.5

Album review

Electronic
Indie
Pop
Rock
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships is most interesting when its musical warmth complicates what the words are saying. The…

Hellmode

Jeff Rosenstock

Jeff Rosenstock - Hellmode 8.4

Album review

Indie
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Hellmode is a good place to hear how much Jeff Rosenstock can say by changing the space around his voice. The frantic songs remain…

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves - Nothing But Thieves 8.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Conor Mason's voice is the obvious attraction on Nothing But Thieves' debut, but the songs are strong enough to keep that voice…

moisturizer

Wet Leg

Wet Leg - moisturizer 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Rock
Wet Leg sound more willing to mean it on moisturizer. The jokes and strange little phrases are still there, but the second album…

Clarity

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity 9.2

Album review

Emo
Indie
Rock
Clarity begins quietly enough to make you lean towards it. An organ tone, measured drums and the gradual arrival of voices give…

Worry.

Jeff Rosenstock

Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. 9.3

Album review

Indie
Pop Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Worry. understands how quickly a good night can turn into an inventory of everything that might go wrong. Jeff Rosenstock writes…

I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

The 1975

The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It 8.8

Album review

Electronic
Indie
Pop
Rock
The long title is an honest indication of how much space The 1975 intend to take. I Like It When You Sleep is full of sharp…

Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise

The Dear Hunter

The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise 8.3

Album review

Alternative Rock
Indie
Progressive rock/metal
Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise brings The Dear Hunter's melodic rock and orchestral ambitions into a colourful, theatrical setting…

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Emo
Indie
Rock
The opening guitar attack on Bleed American is a useful reminder that Jimmy Eat World can sound anxious as well as reassuring. Jim…

viagr aboys

Viagra Boys

Viagra Boys - viagr aboys 8.5

Album review

Indie
Post-Punk
Punk rock
Rock
Sebastian Murphy can make an ordinary problem sound deeply strange. On viagr aboys, a trip to the vet or a concern about health…

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