DIY Magazine's Scores
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For 3,091 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 |
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Positive: 2,186 out of 3091
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Mixed: 892 out of 3091
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Negative: 13 out of 3091
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Zayn’s fourth is admirable in its emotional mining, is rich in execution and soul, and indeed his brain-scratching melodic riffs will have die-hard fans blushing - but even on this, what we’re told is his ‘most vulnerable’ release, the treading of the long-trodden, stripped-back, ex-boyband desire path leaves the record wanting for just a little more Zayn sparkle.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 22, 2024
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Dylan Baldi’s vocals are presented in a somewhat hushed manner, turning what could be a bona fide rock banger (there’s a pep in this chorus, to be sure) into an also-ran. On the numbers that more closely resemble the Cloud Nothings trademark sound - see the melodic ‘Mouse Policy’, or the bright ‘The Golden Halo’ - it’s an ideal fit.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 18, 2024
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‘Blood, Hair and Eyeballs’ is a level, if somewhat uninteresting, addition to the Alkaline Trio lexicon. Fans will find pockets of the band they fell in love with, while less seasoned followers may be better served diving deeper into the back catalogue instead.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 28, 2024
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For those to whom Courtney’s songwriting is a soothing balm, there is plenty to like here - but there’s a sense of creative inertia that means it’s a difficult record to truly love.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 21, 2024
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Fans will hear echoes of his best work, but for most this is a stale, uninspired outing for the legendary figure.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 31, 2024
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For the most part, it’s instead a case of either too much, or not enough. By stripping the layers back and presenting the songs in a wholly straightforward manner - slick, with Julie’s voice centered as if she’s embarking on a perfect three-minute pop song - flaws appear where they shouldn’t exist.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 24, 2024
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Their formula is tastefully broken up by frantic drums on ‘CRACK METAL’, unsettling synths on ‘HATEFUL’ and the twisted pop of ‘ASHAMED’ that soars with the most memorable chorus on the record. Unfortunately, that chorus is an outlier on an album that can wash past with as much staying power as candyfloss in a puddle.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Dec 6, 2023
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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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‘Defeat’ alone clocks up a gargantuan 22 minutes runtime. Similarly, ‘Magicians From Baltimore’ could have been a wonderfully tight piece but overstays its welcome at almost 10 minutes. Still, the blissed-out, spage age ‘Genie’s Open’ and the funky prog of ‘Gem & I’ provide at least a partial argument in favour.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 4, 2023
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‘End of the Day’ feels like a long, slow goodbye to her old life; elegant and, given the context, elegaic.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 6, 2023
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Yes, ‘Club Romantech’ is fun, albeit superficially - supercharged by pulsating house that would perhaps be irresistible only under very specific, very inebriated conditions in 2012.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 5, 2023
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There’s a solid background of obviously skilled musicianship on fifth LP ‘One Man Band’, but even on the snarl of ‘Never Taking Me Alive’, it all feels very safe.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 7, 2023
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- Posted Aug 7, 2023
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For a record titled ‘Messy’ it could ironically do with being a little less neat and tidy.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 11, 2023
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Where the distinctly Strokes-y melancholy of ‘Dead Air’, or the darker stalk of the Matt Helders-featuring ‘Thoughtful Distress’ succeed, others (‘Home Again’, ‘Old Man’) are throwaway jangles that feel like AHJ-by-numbers.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 23, 2023
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Homely and familiar in its sound for the most part, ‘My Mind Wanders…’ is a smooth ride of buttery emotional grandiosity and infectious London pop that sits somewhere between Paloma, Adele and Jess Glynne, with enough attitude and bravery to modernise these prevailing and reliable British tropes within soul-pop.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 26, 2023
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There’s a perfectly fine indie-rock record here, if only it were a little less obfuscated by an aim it doesn’t quite achieve.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 24, 2023
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‘Drop Cherries’ may be a soothing depiction of a relationship’s simple moments, but this simplicity does leave the listener wanting more, and its poignancy often lacks any punch.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 6, 2023
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The electronic beat of ‘METALIZM’, with its winding guitars and chanting vocals echoing their melody verbatim, comes over a little too recent-era Muse than anyone needs. But what, on the surface, is mostly a fun, noisy collection does also offer an infinite rabbit hole to dive down.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 22, 2023
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Like many other soundtracks, ‘Fantasy’ creates a mood - nostalgic; euphoric - and there’s a clear thread throughout that ties these thirteen tracks together. But soundtracks are also often intended to feature in the background, and ultimately ‘Fantasy’ too easily fades into it.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Expectations [are] built by her collaborators - who aided artists like Dua and Kylie in carving revered pop niches - weigh detrimentally on the record: it doesn’t push itself nearly as far. Yet, undeniably, it’s a dependable, invigorating debut.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 3, 2023
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A mish-mash of sounds, picked up magpie-style to create something which consistently skirts the line between warm and distant, familiar and disconcerting, hypnotic and, well, irritating.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 16, 2023
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It’s all washed over with a layer of fuzz, the distorted sound making it impossible to discern precisely what’s going on - which is, one would imagine, precisely the point.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 15, 2023
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At times, their ambition really clicks into place (the euphoric bounce of ‘Smoking Weed Alone’, for example), but at others, it feels a bit muddled. Their ambition is undoubtedly to be applauded, but this one’s a bit of a mixed bag.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 20, 2022
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There are plenty of good ideas across ‘Suckerpunch’. It just could’ve done with fewer bad ones.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 7, 2022
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The LA quintet’s third album doesn’t quite explode as much as it hopes to, though a few songs threaten to, largely the acid-tongued, grinding ‘Roadkill’ and the vintage-sounding title track.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 16, 2022
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‘(self-titled)’ is Vegemite: the same, but different. When he strips it right back - ‘Prior Warning’, with its bleak reminiscing reflected by a sonic hark back to the London scene in which he made his early name, and the stark ‘Dangerous Game’, where Marcus’ voice allowed to linger for just the right amount of time - there’s a warm quality to his songwriting that seeps through.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 15, 2022
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‘Spark’ presents a jarring change: not one from that familiar warmth to icy cold, but only halfway, a sort of uncomfortable mild chill.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 14, 2022
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Its wares pick up where its predecessor left off but without adding too much extra to the mix.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 6, 2022
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The last third of the record is more streamlined, with the sweeping, subtly metallic ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ offering a welcome throwback to the days when Muse were at their best, but it’s not enough to redeem this all-too-OTT offering.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 24, 2022
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- Posted Aug 24, 2022
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Given that the various members of Hot Chip have various side-hustles and secondary creative outlets, it’s a little surprising how much of ‘Freakout / Release’ sounds quite this forced.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 18, 2022
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This is an album that asks for patience, and only on occasion is it duly rewarded.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 14, 2022
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‘graves’ may not be a huge musical departure, but it’s a sign Purity Ring still have ideas left in them yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 13, 2022
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Despite the album featuring several enjoyable moments, though, the listener is left feeling that it’s somewhat rambling and unfocused, and could possibly have benefited from the band leaving themselves more time for their ideas to gestate.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 27, 2022
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- Posted May 20, 2022
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Their knack for incredible hooks is still there (see ‘Holiday’, the very definition of an earworm), but the effortless fun seems to have fallen by the wayside.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 1, 2022
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‘Unlimited Love’ certainly won’t win over the naysayers. As the laid-back funk and wordplay of ‘Poster Child’ attests, all their usual tropes are present and correct, meaning whatever your view on the Chili Peppers, this record will only confirm it.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 1, 2022
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For while standout ‘These Depopulate Hours’ fizzes with what has made the Glasgow group so inviting in the past - a bubbling menace underpinning everything thanks to a screaming synth - and ‘What Makes You A Man’ employs curious sounds to back its ‘80s influences, it’s not matched by what’s found elsewhere.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 23, 2022
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- Posted Mar 11, 2022
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It’s either aural comfort food, or all just a bit, well, obvious. It’s written to a formula for sure. But it’s one that’s served them well, nevertheless.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 24, 2022
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His perfectly serviceable croon is not quite strong enough to carry it across 16 long tracks. If only he’d given ‘Lightning People’ to Liam Gallagher, it might well have been the soundtrack of the summer. Moments of greatness are plentiful, but ‘Fever Dreams…’ shines brightest when Marr lets his guitar do the talking.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 23, 2022
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All in all, the blanketing lime-lit production, the in-your-face ’60s nostalgia, the five-sugars-in-the-tea gooiness of it all may be too cloying for some, but Miles Kane has been so upfront about these musical influences, and for so long, that one can only admire him for so faithfully embodying them.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 20, 2022
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- Posted Jan 20, 2022
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With ‘Fragments’, Bonobo is as listenable as ever. But this locked groove is one he seems too comfortable in. Once you hear where he can go, there’s a frustrating desire to see him latch on to that fragment of himself rather than the familiar.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 12, 2022
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The record spans from spoken word to ‘70s funk and ‘80s glam rock, dabbling in balladry and power pop. It may not be the most polished or serious piece of art to emerge from the pandemic, but it’s impossible to deny the sheer amount of personality and unashamed frivolity bubbling out of ‘Transparency’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 6, 2022
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- Posted Nov 10, 2021
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There’s enough for fans to enjoy across ‘Lifeforms’, but it is not as lofty as it perhaps thinks itself to be.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 22, 2021
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The instrumentals are less head-on, giving way to subtleties that are new for WWPJ as intricate guitar lines meander alongside the vocal melodies, the touchpoint with the rest of the band’s back catalogue. The less dense sound swings between lightening the tone and turning it far more melancholy.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 16, 2021
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Alexis Taylor’s discovery and consequent understanding of the importance of religion and its expansive scriptures are well captured in this reflective release.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 15, 2021
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Her detached, precise narration leaves little to hold onto, and over 15 tracks, you begin to long for a little more emotion. Still, these productions are dark, atmospheric - she knows exactly how to conjure up a mood. It’s just that it’s slightly too forbidding to ever fully feel at home.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 9, 2021
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It's in the middle where the album begins to sag, thanks to some monotonous backings and noticeably weaker hooks ('Remote Control'/'Tell the Vision') which lead the runtime to become alarmingly apparent, before strong features on 'Keep My Spirit Alive', 'Moon' and 'Pure Souls' further begin to force Kanye awkwardly into the background on his own album. He positions himself closer to the spotlight towards the final third.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 2, 2021
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‘Into The Blue’ largely finds itself coasting on one level. The standouts are the songs that break out of the formula.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 20, 2021
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‘Deep States’ provides, perhaps unsurprisingly, a difficult listen at times, weighed down as it is by its overwhelming lyrical bluster. Penultimate track ‘Legal Ghosts’ is however an unexpected moment of melodic tenderness - this elusive tale of loss revealing a soft underbelly beneath this otherwise bristly, tough-skinned offering.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 19, 2021
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On ‘Baw Baw Black Sheep’, Rejjie Snow reaches for a more conceptual take on his laid-back sound, but stumbles on the execution.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 15, 2021
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‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’ is inexplicably reanimating the era’s penchant for plodding, drive-time indie-rock.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 8, 2021
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While its inconsistencies might betray the circumstances of its creation, it’s comforting to know that The Go! Team’s defiant experimentalism remains undiminished.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2021
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For all the immediacy of these tracks, the core of others can get lost: on ‘Pass’, she perseveres through changing seasons and a tornado, yet ultimately a high-pitched, burbling synthesiser is the obstacle that proves too much, distracting from the atmosphere that’s been so carefully cultivated.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 24, 2021
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The material on offer ranges from the piano balladry of ‘The Cruise Room’ to the ‘80s synth pop of ‘Best In Me’ - in other words, every flavour John Grant has to offer. And that’s an exciting prospect on paper, so it’s a shame that the record frequently suffers from songs too long by half.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 24, 2021
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Whimsical songs about stormy weather and journeying across the United States are sweet enough, but Max Bloom’s virtuous desire for simple arrangements and affected naivety is often to his detriment, sounding pedestrian at best.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 17, 2021
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Whether down to Erika’s understated vocal, or the shallow pool from which many of the musical textures come, things do elsewhere get a little samey. A shame, as ‘Sensational’ starts so bright.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 27, 2021
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While the studio’s energy is palpable on record, ‘Delta Kream’ is likely to appeal mostly to Dan and Patrick’s fellow blues nerds over anyone else.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 13, 2021
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There are a couple of sweet spots on ‘Ice Melt’ in the form of the shimmering ‘Balloon’ and the creamy ending title-track, but not enough to warrant a whole album’s worth of material from what could have easily been shaved down to an EP.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 10, 2021
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We’re left with a contrast that never quite works. Instead, it’s where the concept is applied metaphorically that ‘Van Weezer’ finds some green shoots.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 6, 2021
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‘Typhoons’ occasionally misses the mark: the space created by the pair’s more chilled sonic approach isn’t filled. The songs here may be more melodic, more complex even on paper, but in reality there’s little there to truly grab hold of.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 29, 2021
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Sure, with ‘This Is Really Going To Hurt’, Flyte have successfully echoed the sounds of the past, but it’s all about as paper-thin as a yellow-hued Instagram filter.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 8, 2021
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La Femme toss so many weird and interesting ideas against the wall, that for every gorgeous moment that sticks, there’s an awkward miss.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 6, 2021
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The issue is that, in conflating deliberation with maturity, ‘Today We’re the Greatest’ ends up feeling a little bit middle-of-the-road.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 18, 2021
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Although accomplished in its tone, ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’ longs for dynamic crescendos to differentiate the album’s eleven tracks, no matter how pleasant they may be.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 4, 2021
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‘When You See Yourself’ sounds like a jolt back into something potentially promising: there could still be life in the old Kings yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 4, 2021
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The in-demand singer-songwriter-producer primes himself for new heights here - tapping into the hedonistic spirit of Studio 54, while applying a gloss that is very much of today.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 18, 2021
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Winding orchestral flights propel ‘Innocent Weight’, in part redeeming an effort that covers little in the way of new ground, while timely lyrical takes command attention yet lack the frequency to shake off neighbouring songs sinking under their own unwieldy mass.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 11, 2021
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Black Country, New Road’s seriousness and determined intellectualism is sometimes to their detriment.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 4, 2021
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TV Priest's debut is good but not necessarily enough to poke through the maelstrom quiet yet.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Feb 3, 2021
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Not one for anyone who’s not already won over by the pair’s particular charms.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 14, 2021
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‘Petrichor’ is a passion project, all about indulging the kinds of whims that don’t fit the Hawk and a Hacksaw mould. On that front, she’s succeeded.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jan 13, 2021
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There are occasional flickers of inspiration - see the maximalist rework of ‘Elite’ from Blanck Mass and the minimalist ‘Teenager’ that Robert Smith contributed - but otherwise, you have to hope that everybody involved enjoyed putting Black Stallion together, because it ain’t much fun to listen to.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Dec 10, 2020
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The Leeds-based group’s long-delayed debut might not offer much in variety (in short, if you’re into a combination of those groups’ [Gengahr, Bombay Bicycle Club or alt-J] sounds, you’re going to love it), but in our current long, dark winter nights there’s a nostalgic tint to the songs on offer, whether the bassy synths of the title track, or folky ‘Smorgasbord’ that hits right in the warm and fuzzies.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Dec 7, 2020
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It’s refreshing to see that the band aren’t content to solely focus on nostalgia trips, and there are some great moments here - the dark driving force of ‘Wyttch’ stands out - but with such a hefty run time, it’s difficult to really tap into the heart of ‘Cyr’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 30, 2020
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The signs for the band’s third aren’t too rosy, and yet their latest does go some way to showing the defter touch they first struck out with.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Nov 16, 2020
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‘Are You Fucking Your Ex’ has none of the melodrama its title suggests, the question holding about as much weight as ‘did I leave the bathroom light on?’, and ‘I Got Hurt’ sledgehammers the line “I got hurt… and it didn’t feel good”. For a songwriter who’s so loved for finding poetry in the quotidian, for saying so much with so little, it’s just a bit basic. Maybe if he’d allowed him - and us - to wallow a bit, he’d have had more of a point.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 29, 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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‘The Streets Where I Belong’ appears to aim for ‘80s FM radio nostalgia, while the title track hints at cod reggae, ‘Forever ‘92’ borrows a smidgen of shoegazey guitars and ‘The Bomb’ a touch of trip hop. But with a lack of immediacy, paper-thin production and no discernible hooks throughout, for anyone still humming ‘Chewing Gum’ or ‘Heartbeat’, it’s a disappointment.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 15, 2020
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‘As Long As You Are’ is a steady-as-she-goes sort of affair - a solid effort from the four-piece that would fare better with a little more exploration.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 8, 2020
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While not exactly the wildlife-soundtracking level of Nan-friendly safe his day job has reached, it’s largely default Jónsi, just with a few more effects.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Oct 6, 2020
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It’s a lot of… well, not much; a studio folly of sorts, (unsurprisingly) impeccable in sound but meandering without direction for the most part.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 21, 2020
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‘Airhead’ is a piece of bubblegum goodness, ‘Haunted’ is a celestial sizzler, while ‘Jumper’ almost calls back to 00s pop-punk classics (with an AG spin, obv) and closer ‘Lifeline’ is a sprawling synth slowburner. Though sprinkled with bops, ‘Apple’ doesn’t pack the expected punch.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 18, 2020
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Notably, the record is without the pair’s usual darkness, but ‘Host’ feels organic and true, like the first day of spring after a winter full of rain.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 17, 2020
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While at times ‘Violet…’ shows Lana’s fine lyrical prowess, quotes primed for Tumblr captions, most of the time it’s more sixth former trying their best to impress at their first slam poetry event.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Sep 4, 2020
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With highly catchy choruses on ‘Heart of Mine’ and ‘Deliver It’, it’s obvious that the band can deliver the pop sheen they are known for. But while reaching for style, it is only by exception that they achieve their usual substance.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 14, 2020
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- Posted Aug 13, 2020
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It’s sharp and serious but without the navel-gazing feel that sometimes makes ‘Appalling Human’ a difficult one to truly get stuck into.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Aug 5, 2020
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The middle run of ‘U Do U’, ‘RH RN’ and ‘Old Flame’ is so mid-paced and lacking in audible spark that it’s as if the record has momentarily dozed off. And for a group who have seemed so overflowing with ideas, so strong in their convictions and so urgently essential, it can’t help but feel a bit disappointing- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jul 6, 2020
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The result is still just a big, slick, debatably-decent pop record.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2020
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A couple of times they get some wind in their sails, namely ‘War Dance’ and ‘Turned to String’, but the overall feeling from this is that No Age are, ironically, starting to show their years.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2020
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It’s all pleasant, but feels inessential and - at times - dated, not least because the lower-tempo tracks veer dangerously close to sounding like chillwave. Domestication has not robbed Sébastien of his adventurousness, but the killer instinct that defines his best work is missing here: ‘Domesticated’ is a meandering listen.- DIY Magazine
- Posted May 28, 2020
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- Posted Apr 16, 2020
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Despite some stellar production and sparkling pop moments, it feels like there’s been little evolution in the duo’s sound in the five years since ‘Another Eternity’.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Apr 6, 2020
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A potent mix of influences, it manages to sound equally focused and effortless - the work of a true performer.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 24, 2020
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The songs here mostly lack the sonic power and impact of those on its predecessor, but they do accomplish the not inconsiderable task of making Sean’s angular guitars sit alongside Pascal Stevenson’s synths congruously on tracks like ‘Ego’ and ‘Keep Out’. Post-punk bands of various eras have transitioned to new wave over the course of three or four albums, but Moaning have done that with just two.- DIY Magazine
- Posted Mar 23, 2020
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