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MojoNov 19, 2014Simple stuff, sparsely rendered, with a weighty undertow. [Dec 2014, p.93]
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Q MagazineNov 13, 2014A profoundly, if unexpectedly, moving record. [Dec 2014, p.109]
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Nov 7, 2014Moments like the stripped-back vulnerability of ‘Dust’ and the lyrical mirroring of ‘The Lovers’ show Deptford Goth at his minimal best.
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Nov 3, 2014Songs will reward repeated listens, and firmly establishes Deptford Goth as a talent to keep an eye on.
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Nov 3, 2014Few of Songs’ 11 tracks disappoint, their stop-start synths and impossibly fragile vocals hinting at new avenues for introverted soul.
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UncutOct 31, 2014A confident, more expansive--emotionally and musically--annexe to his impressive, soul-baring debut. [Dec 2014, p.75]
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Oct 31, 2014As an overall piece of work, Songs flows seamlessly, with the consistency in mood and tone and meticulously crafted arrangements meaning not a note sounds out of place.
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Nov 6, 2014It’s tough to get away with hiding such beautiful lyrics in such a cold environment, but Woolhouse pulls it off.
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Nov 10, 2014Possibly too understated, Woolhouse could benefit from more pronounced changes and variations in his writing, but taken as a whole Songs is a warmly rendered mood piece full of layers and quiet yearning.
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Nov 6, 2014While Life After Defo had "Union," the chillingly beautiful ode to family and friends, there is no such equivalent on Woolhouse's sophomore effort. The likes of "Do Exist" and "The Loop" come close, but the lack of those few really memorable synth-pop gems stops this very good album from being an excellent one.
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Oct 31, 2014Songs is an accomplished second album, that sees Woodhouse building on the foundations of electronica-tinged outputs that you'll quite easily appreciate and enjoy.
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Nov 3, 2014Behind his accented murmurs, Woolhouse fills out Songs with bolder strokes than the pale production of Life After Defo.
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Nov 4, 2014This is hardly music to quicken the pulse and there’s no escaping the sense of sameyness over the album’s 40 minutes.
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Oct 31, 2014Songs is the sound of a talented man with a little too much focus on trends and on a too-wide cache of influences, to the point where even he sounds unconvinced by his own music.