Albums Of The Year

Inner Song – Kelly Lee Owens

“Where her eponymous debut showcased an array of techno-focused and ambient-infused tracks, Inner Song has looked further afield. Sure, the heavy urban grooves remain intact, though they have now been embraced by an abundance of new atmospheres and attitudes.”

Keleketla! – Keleketla & Coldcut

“Keleketla! is a welcome reminder of the universalism of musical endeavour and human connection. Kicking against the ever-growing nationalist and individualist fervour of our time, it brings collectivity back to the forefront of creation and composition without compromising a second of material.”

Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers

“This is an, if not the, album for the locked-down age, emblematic of the sentimental struggles that many have had to face in the last months.”

Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple

“Take even the most timid step into Fetch The Bolt Cutters and you’ll be confronted with a colossal collection of thoughts and observations, some dark, some scathing, some utterly liberating.”

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Untitled (Black Is) & Untitled (Rise) – Sault

“Rare is it, in these times of year-long tours and prolonged recording periods, that an artist releases two albums in the same year. Rarer still, is it for them both to be of such undeniable, unbelievable quality.”

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The Night Chancers – Baxter Dury

“With The Night Chancers, Dury has accessed a new artistic identity and being that mediates within the psyche of every protagonist, antagonist and environment he exhibits with his words.”

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Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa

“With Future Nostalgia, Due Lipa achieved new feats in questioning the limitations of pop and set a new standard for releases of this, and next, year.”

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songs – Adrianne Lenker

“These are tracks of openness and warmth that stand in stark contrast to output inspired by politics, emotional anguish and lockdown. A welcome release lives in these grooves, and there isn’t a better time for it.”

Kitchen Sink – Nadine Shah

“Shah’s voice is an elusive yet authoritative energy amongst sharp and stripped back instrumentals that bring a near-insurmountable class to proceedings.”

RTJ4 – Run The Jewels

“Distorted percussion dominates every fragment of RTJ4 and sonically directs the hyper-real journey into America’s social devastation, chronicled by the apocalyptic, at time prophetic, words of Killer Mike”

Inner Song – Kelly Lee Owens

Keleketla! – Keleketla & Coldcut

Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers

Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple

Untitled (Black Is) & Untitled (Rise) – Sault

The Night Chancers – Baxter Dury

Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa

songs – Adrianne Lenker

Kitchen Sink – Nadine Shah

RTJ4 – Run The Jewels

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