L-Space
Kipple Arcadia (Last Night From Glasgow)
‘Dream pop’ is this quartet’s self-imposed genre, and for once the description couldn’t be more apt.
long players
City and Colour
Guide Me Back Home (Dine Alone)
Every song here is greeted with a knowing whoop or an enthusiastic cheer.
Steven Page
Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II (Fresh Baked)
It is a true refreshment to hear someone so in love with the idea of singer-songwriter as protester and voice of a generation
Richard Thompson
13 Rivers (Proper)
Round our house, a new album from Richard Thompson remains An Event.
Pale Waves
My Mind Makes Noises (Dirty Hit / Interscope))
It seems as though this album has been a long time coming.
Fatherson
Sum of All Your Parts (Easy Life)
Fatherson are going places – this new album, released September 14th, shows maturity and development
Idles
Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Partisan)
They may come across as the classic punk rockers, but this Bristol five-piece preach love, not destruction
Vrwrk
On The Outside (Run Tell Secrecy)
Beginning with the bass-heavy ‘Different Crowd’, this is an album that guides you through the full history of dance music
Neil and Liam Finn
Lightsleeper (PIAS)
Lightsleeper is a very soft and intimate record that has obviously been moulded around Neil (the father) and Liam (the son’s) relationship
