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Recent albums which we've reviewed

Mon 04 Aug

Oneida:
Preteen Weaponry

PRETEEN WEAPONRY
12 votes
? by Samuel Strang

Preteen Weaponry is a decent return that feels as if it’s pre-empting something rather than standing out as a glorious Oneida spectacle…

Port O'Brien:
All We Could Do Was Sing

port o'brien album
10 votes
? by Reef Younis

At face value All We Could Do Was Sing represents a wonderfully simple sentiment: to sing for the fundamental pleasure of doing so…

Darren Hayman:
Great British Holiday EPs

Darren Hayman Great British Holidays
11 votes
? by Dom Gourlay

Darren Hayman is fast becoming as much of a great British institution as Queen Victoria, afternoon tea and single mums…

Gramercy Arms:
Gramercy Arms

gramercy arms
3 votes
? by Sam Lewis

There are good moments here – notably the confident swagger of opener ‘Automatic’ – yet listening to Gramercy Arms is a strangely unsettling experience…

Mon 28 Jul

The Little Ones:
Morning Tide

morning tide little ones
10 votes
? by Dean Samways

Every one of The Little Ones' songs on Morning Tide seems laced with a smile so fake you want to punch it until it bleeds something real…

Jay Reatard:
Singles 06-07

jay reatard singles
8 votes
? by Mike Diver

It doesn’t take long to suss that Jay Reatard might not take his music – lo-fi garage rock dripping with catchy hooks – completely seriously…

Ida Maria:
Fortress Round My Heart

ida maria fortress
14 votes
? by Tony Robert Whyte

While her vocal enthusiasm is commendable, there’s not enough bite to Ida Maria’s zesty pop-rock for it to really impress here…

Simian Mobile Disco:
Sample And Hold

sample and hold
12 votes
? by Billy Hamilton

SMD's remix LP Sample And Hold drizzles attention-spans with infrequent showers rather than engulfing them in a waterfall-like continuum…

Polar Bear:
Polar Bear

polar bear polar bear
15 votes
? by Nick Southall

For those that don’t know, Polar Bear are a jazz band, and in 2005 were the token jazz nomination for the Mercury Music Prize. …

XX Teens:
Welcome To Goon Island

xx Teens Goon Island
7 votes
? by Eric Fripp

Things start promisingly enough on XX Teens' Welcome to Goon Island, but there is a confusing sense that we’ve heard all this before…

Black Affair:
Pleasure Pressure Point

black affair album
8 votes
? by Reef Younis

Black Affair is the dark side of the Steve Mason moon, one of mordant ‘80s electro, soulless metronomy and dark industrialism…

John Baker:
The John Baker Tapes Vols 1 & 2

john baker tapes
8 votes
? by Chris Power

John Baker composed virtually nothing between 1974 and 1997, but these collections stand as reminders of a visionary composer's talent…

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