DIY Magazine's Scores
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For 3,087 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | Not to Disappear | |
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Lowest review score: | Let It Reign |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,183 out of 3087
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Mixed: 891 out of 3087
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Negative: 13 out of 3087
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Tommy’s aware of her strengths, and she’s not afraid to brandish them: ‘goldilocks x’ is a little weird, a little dark, and it’s just right.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 21, 2021
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Steeped in blissful American nostalgia, Bleachers’ sublime self-titled fourth studio album embodies it all, from the rolling vistas to the warmth of distant city lights, at once watching the world pass by and deeply cemented in a moment. It’s rare for an album to capture a feeling so intensely, promoting a universal recognition through something so intrinsically linked to an individual’s time and place.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 6, 2024
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The richness of its sounds is what makes ‘Strange Dance’ a warmly familiar, if not entirely compelling listen.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 22, 2023
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‘A Goood Sign’ never really goes anywhere and gets a bit lost in its murky pool of synths, while ‘i.v.’ doesn’t add much to the record. But overall, the falsetto of Mockasin and the electronic sounds of Dust marry perfectly into something stunningly weird; the kind of marriage where’d you wear multi-colour suits and dresses and tuck into an inflatable cake.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 1, 2016
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If this album is your first experience of Wymeswold's favourite songs, it's unlikely you will forget them. If you're a veteran, this is a good reminder of their brilliance.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 3, 2012
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It’s simply the mark of a record that’s captured them exactly as they are at this moment in time. Although it’s tempting to call Instructions a ‘fascinating document’, it’s probably more accurate to settle for ‘rad record’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 11, 2016
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There is a lot of polish to Moaning, to the point that it’s carried off almost with a bit of a swagger.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 2, 2018
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‘As I Try Not to Fall Apart’ is a subtle evolution for White Lies - progress, after a while spent spinning their wheels.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 24, 2022
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A well-rounded collection of songs, ‘Girlfriend Material’ shows Lauren as an artist coming into her own, and her enjoyment shines through in her music.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 22, 2024
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In this bubbling cauldron that refuses to be contained, Asher finds the liberation he’s been searching for.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 13, 2015
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Foo Fighters are providing the map, it’s up to the audience to explore. Therein lies its beauty.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 10, 2014
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Had the duo chosen their vocal contributors more carefully, Divine Ecstasy could've been something special. Instead, we're left with an exciting showcase of potential and a few legitimate 'avant-bangers'.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 24, 2014
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More a culmination of all that’s come before; a band confident in their own skin, their identity clearer than ever, their mission unchanged since those transatlantic tapes at the turn of the millennium.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 3, 2016
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- Posted Feb 28, 2012
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Maze Of Woods occupies a different plain, a more embryonic one that finds its stand out moments in a subtler way.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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By playing it too safe, Animal Nature isn’t worth recommending. It’s just sort of fine and that won’t cut it.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 30, 2015
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Spend the Night With is rough around the edges, but it thrives under this approach.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 5, 2016
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It’s hit and miss, but Here’s Willy Moon kind of does what it says on the tin.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 2, 2013
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It’s nice enough to pass the time with, but certainly not a staple record worth revisiting time and time again.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 26, 2014
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Something’s Changing isn’t without flaws--‘Soak It Up’’s shuffling tempo jars, whilst the orchestral leanings of closer ‘I Can’t Change It All’ are at odds with the rest of the record--but it sees Lucy Rose easing into the next stage of her career.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 7, 2017
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For the most part the Angels charitably continue to breath life into a ragged genre with a looseness and playfulness that belies their serious business name.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 1, 2013
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Broaching love, lust, power-dynamics, jealousy, and heartbreak along the way, Years & Years bring that all important human touch to their massive pop anthems.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 10, 2015
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There is a naïve charm to their rudimentary rock and 'Tosta Mista' is a sporadically great introduction to those charms.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 29, 2012
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On ‘Motordrome’ she returns fresh and reinvigorated. No longer simply living to survive, MØ is having fun being herself.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 28, 2022
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- Posted Feb 6, 2015
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Cemetery Highrise Slum is a maze; disorienting and satisfying in equal measure.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 22, 2015
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On their sixth LP, unpredictable Californians Foxygen are less up for a bop than an attempt at settling some scores.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 26, 2019
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While each track is meticulously crafted, you can’t help but feel a sense of familiarity and perhaps repetition settle in the last half of the album.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 20, 2015
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On occasion you may feel that Trailer Trash Tracys could benefit from keeping things a little simpler, but fans of the band’s first record have plenty to enjoy here.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 17, 2017
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Like all good records, it has its magpie moments too - the Justice / Daft Punk tinged one-two of ‘Celebrate’ and ‘Surround Sound’ especially effective in the current climate--but fundamentally Ice On The Dune is the definitive Empire Of The Sun album.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 14, 2013
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It’s all largely inoffensive and wholly listenable. Which is fine, but we’ve come to expect more from La Roux.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 6, 2020
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Lenses, despite its four-to-the-floor tendencies and impeccable imagery, falls flat.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 30, 2013
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Young Dreams have created a collection that compacts all the sunny sounds of youthful hopes and expectations into one blissful whole.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 4, 2013
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Eucalyptus is a dense and challenging listen, but while it might alienate post-‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ converts to Animal Collective, it might bring back those who loved ‘Campfire Songs’ but have felt disenfranchised since.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 21, 2017
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If there are faults with the record (aside from the mis-step of the fairground organ-esque 'Waltz), it's that while it works well as an album, it almost works too well with tracks all-too-often passing without leaving a lasting impression, with some of the shorter songs not always being given the space and time to develop as you'd perhaps expect them to.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 19, 2013
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- Posted Mar 4, 2013
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Kyla La Grange still has a voice you want to listen to, but two albums in, it seems like she’s still searching for the best music to set it to.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 3, 2014
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As a taster for her imminent third album, Emmy has newly positioned herself, distancing herself from the ‘anti folk’ sound she once claimed with 2009 debut ‘First Love’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 26, 2015
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Cold Pumas peddle a kind of post-punk that’s long since been done to death by this point; it takes real ingenuity to find a way to imbue this particular template with genuinely new energy, and on this evidence, they haven’t found that yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 19, 2016
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Language could afford to lose a few numbers--particularly the low-energy likes of ‘Body’ and ‘Girlfriend’--but there’s more than enough evidence here that MNEK is a potent force in his own right.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 7, 2018
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- Posted Mar 11, 2022
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There’s a real cleverness about the contrast between these very modern themes and their throwback sound, a sparklier take on garage-flecked indie that proves wildly catchy.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 20, 2022
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Capturing the highs and lows of womanhood via catchy pop, ‘Sorry I’m Late’ may have been a long time coming (see what she did there), but it’s worth the wait.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 28, 2023
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- Posted Aug 28, 2012
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- Posted Sep 9, 2013
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When compared to each members’ regular output, there’s not a lot to take seriously here. That’s quite all right though.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 26, 2013
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Louis' new-found confidence oozes from the songs here; it may just be his first steps in the quest to emulate his old rock 'n' roll heroes.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 13, 2013
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Titus Andronicus have always melted together the music of their heroes, but this time it feels completely without inspiration.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 2, 2018
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'2:54' is the sound of two Fallen Angels back to steal what's left of your soul; it's sultry, it's mischievous, and it's damn near magnificent.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 29, 2012
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- Posted Jan 22, 2013
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It’s so ludicrously colourful and loud and just the right side of ridiculous and whatever the mission may be, domination is the likely result.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 1, 2015
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- Posted Mar 3, 2014
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There’s so much to take in, it’s almost hard to know if it’s even any good. Between these sensory overloads, however, we get the funky bop of ‘All Wordz Are Made Up’ and the acoustic lullaby of ‘Think Before You Drink’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 30, 2018
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The most interesting element of his chosen samples is the way that more classical instruments and acoustic guitar strums are looped, while his vocals occasionally get the remix treatment and judder along.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 18, 2012
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By all accounts, it’s in the crucible of live performance where this duo excels. But put on record, it all feels a bit lost in translation.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 29, 2014
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While they do make for a well-structured collection of songs, individual tracks are often disappointing and the result feels like a half-hearted series of Doctor Who; its audience sustained more by thrilling trailers and the promise of fulfilment than any real substance- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 24, 2014
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It’s possibly not to everyone’s taste--no doubt fans of the definiteness of ‘Pleasure’ may turn on this one--but it’s more confident and upfront, less immersed in background noise.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 13, 2013
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The Tourist isn’t ‘the worst’, but it’s far from the journey its designer hopes it to be.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 24, 2017
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[Walk the River]is not for the faint-hearted but it's certainly for the soft-hearted - three albums along, they still feed our hunger for the big, the wild and the honest.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 17, 2012
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Ratworld is that rarest of beasts--a debut album that’s got a backstory running deeper than all six seasons of Lost, but still sounds like it’s delivered without any requirement for effort whatsoever.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 14, 2015
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An experimental collection of recordings that shows just how well they are progressing.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 26, 2013
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Thieving like a magpie from his own box of tricks, there’s no denying that Gallagher is a songwriter from the very top of his class.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 2, 2015
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It flits from doomy death marches to frenetic, fuzzy psych rock freakouts like the fantastic ‘Choco Plumbing’, while indulging in some quirkier elements including a stomping cover of The Beatles ‘I Want To Tell You’ and a sweet, Casio keyboard run-through of American standard ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 3, 2016
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Weak and boring are never words we’d have ever thought apply to Poppy’s music, but alas here we are – hoping for the ‘Zag’ to come.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 6, 2023
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Whether it be these jacked-up moments or those hazy, sinking flurries such as the freakish downer ‘Merry Nightmare’, everything Scott has written on Sunshine Redux encapsulates all of his best qualities. This time though, those qualities are amplified, pristinely-recorded and have even caught the sun a bit.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 24, 2015
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This is music that desires to be clutched to youthful hearts and fill sun-bleached fields or golden coastlines; a hunger to delight that is so insatiable it’s rather tough to question.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 9, 2013
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Like a pop phoenix rising from 2011’s ashes, ‘Let Her Burn’ is Rebecca Black showing us just what she’s capable of.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 16, 2023
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Falling somewhere in between the sophistication of Everything Everything and the flamboyancy of Maroon Five, it isn’t until the halfway point, and ‘I Feel the Weight’ that the familiar chill of previous releases is restored.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 4, 2016
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Last Night On Earth is filled with guitar licks that manage to sound ferocious and friendly at the same time, marrying a slightly avant-garde persuasion and tight focused songwriting with something instantly warming.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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- Posted Mar 21, 2013
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With its muggy, lo-fi atmosphere, Be Your Own King works best at its most carefree.... [But] The tail end of the record does come to a bit of a standstill.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 15, 2013
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It cements ‘Going To Hell’ as a celebration of personal freedom, and the unwavering right for people to be afforded the opportunity to be comfortable in themselves.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 9, 2021
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- Posted Aug 8, 2014
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Lysandre frequently charms. It is a primarily low-key statement, but does enough to suggest that Owens' future post-Girls may be very promising.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 24, 2013
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This is pop music at its wittiest and most concise, yet for all its maturity and refinement, it's hard to believe that an album so youthful could be made by a group of forty-somethings.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 5, 2012
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Granted, it doesn’t always quite connect, and it probably won’t enter the Green Day canon, but it’s a bit of fun all the same.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 6, 2020
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His sophomore full-length is at times uninspired and leaves an emptiness in the gut.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 9, 2014
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V For Vaselines has been released a few months too late, for V For Vaselines is a summer album.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 29, 2014
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Though a long time coming, it seems that not rushing a follow-up has allowed London Grammar to craft a record that’s hauntingly stark, yet staggeringly beautiful, possessing a rich musicality that even now, is mature beyond the band’s young years.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 9, 2017
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Sam’s latest finds them exploring self-acceptance and self-growth across their now-classic style of soul-tinged pop. ... While ’Unholy’’s catchy melodies may be elsewhere untouchable, it breaks down the boundaries of topics to explore throughout the rest of ‘Gloria’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 27, 2023
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It's a 'take it or leave it' kind of record, but invest in Cut Copy's deranged aims and it'll feel like being part of a free-spirited cult.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 1, 2013
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Unfortunately, this slightly more mainstream vision is consistently obscured, making Innocence Reaches a frustrating listen.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 12, 2016
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But like a fine pastiche, the presented elements are enjoyable, but there's a detached lack of soul and ardor.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 5, 2012
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In a rush to grow up they seem to have left behind some of what made them so excellent in the first place.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Dec 10, 2013
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The frustration comes from Stains on Silence's propensity for a feeling little bit too rough around the edges, unfinished almost, despite it’s reworking.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 15, 2018
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- Posted Jul 17, 2018
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It’s hard to overstate how aggravating it is to hear somebody who once stood as the dictionary definition of “less is more” fly so flagrantly in the face of the mantra that made him.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 28, 2016
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Ultimately, as beautiful as it is in its more subdued moments, the album feels fully realised when her alternative and mainstream instincts find each other.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 16, 2012
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- Posted Mar 28, 2012
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It's fair to say that there are no real surprises here but what we do get is a solid collection of retro tinged songs that will appeal to fans of their previous work.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 10, 2013
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The duo have well established their trademark sound, and sonically ‘Ceremony’ pushes this to new extremes - the synths are darker, the drums are heavier, the vocals more melancholic than anything fans would have previously heard from them, yet still catchy as hell.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 11, 2020
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Though ‘Mama’s Boy’ won’t exactly be changing the alt-pop game, it certainly might convince you to text your ex after one too many glasses of wine.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 19, 2020
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Real Lies’ debut effort instead puts forward a group who’ve clearly agonised over every detail of their early ‘90s aesthetic, and forgotten about the songs in the process.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 19, 2015
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While their hooks are huge, there are moments within Limitless that seem too polished.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 4, 2016
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A a good, clean indie-pop record, it’s a solid foot in the door for an act with a prosperous future ahead of them.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 2, 2016
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The refocusing of his songwriting has led to undoubted growth in SOHN’s work, but that stunted sense of adventure leaves moments that fall between the cracks.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 13, 2017
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It may be easy to enjoy at the time, but this third full-length leaves no lasting impression.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 23, 2013
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Genres fall by the wayside as krautrock melts into a studied and dense electronica, and pulls either towards the tenseness of post-punk or the hazy surrealism of shoegaze.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 15, 2016
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Adam’s still the pied piper of indie, with a skip in his step and charm for days.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 6, 2019
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Lauv’s second record certainly provides an array of sweet pop highs, but still doesn’t quite show us who the writer behind it all really is.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 9, 2022
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