ALBUM REVIEWS
Inhaler head in a new direction on third album ‘Open Wide’
Sleek and evolved guitar anthems make for another absolute smash.
★★★★½
A self-assured cocktail of sound: Orla Gartland’s sophomore album ‘Everybody Needs a Hero’
Orla is bold, loud and more confident than ever on her latest LP.
Wunderhorse’s ‘Midas’: Emotional immersion from generational greats
Immense, gritty and brilliant, Wunderhorse are as endlessly addictive as ever.
Francis of Delirium brings a beacon of hope on deliriously good debut album
‘Lighthouse’ has left us profoundly optimistic about the future of indie music.
NewDad charge on with debut album ‘MADRA’
‘MADRA’ is slick shoegaze for the everyday existential crisis.
Holly Humberstone’s ‘Paint My Bedroom Black’: A weighty debut album
Humberstone ushers in a new era as she reflects on her own coming of age in her strikingly wistful debut album.
Jacob Slater’s ‘Pinky, I Love You’: A heartfelt solo debut from the Wunderhorse frontman
Minimalist, heart-wrenching — but still a masterful Slater album to wrap yourself up in again and again.
M. Byrd releases his expansive debut album ‘The Seed’
With cinematic sound and compelling songwriting, the singer-songwriter’s first album is a full sonic experience.
Holly Henderson releases bewitching sophomore album ‘The Walls’
In her long-awaited second album, the singer-songwriter builds a progressive folk-pop epic from the fragments of her Brit-pop and classic influences.
quinnie charms with dreamy debut album ‘flounder’
Quinn Barnitt’s first album is charmingly whimsical and demonstrates exactly why she should be on everyone’s radar.
Death Valley Girls ascend to a new musical realm on ‘Islands in the Sky’
On their latest album, the LA-based garage rockers explore their softer side through a triumphant track list that contends with topics that are bigger than any one band.