“Yours Truly…is as much of an improvement as it had to be, both musically and spiritually and comes equipped with a healthy dose of much-needed closing time realism.”
Metro Area – Metro Area review
“Metro Area is funkier than Prince jamming with George Clinton and contains a panoply of liberally mixed cultural props and metaphors drawn from diverse ports such as original NYC B-Boy street and flamenco.”
Speedy J – Ginger review
“Ginger was a seamless blend of full length pieces and shorter fills exploring the post club experience, highlighting Paap’s skill in producing a body of work that is both highly evocative but genuinely listenable.”
BT – Ima review
Ima’s obliquely nods to seven years of post acid house history, when all of the optimism, warmth and stranger-hugging reflexivity were coalesced that the results were most effective.”
Midlake – Antiphon
“If Midlake scored this record as an essay themselves, they’d probably have scribbled in the margins “Progress” in red.”
HAIM – Days Are Gone review
“Maybe the three of them can’t stand each other borrowing their deodorant, or all cheat at Scrabble; they do however make music so unfettered by cool that it’s hard not to love.”
Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Originally Released 26th August 2013. Review originally published 30th September 2013. The problems which dogged the recording of Franz’ last…
Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers
Originally Released 10th June 2003. Review not previously published. I have to admit, I was expecting another dose of wily…
Pendle Coven – Self Assessment
Originally released in 2009. This review originally posted 15th March 2009. My rock and roll loving friends sometimes ask me…
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen review
Originally released June 1985. Subsequently Retitled “Two Wheels Good” in the US at the request of the McQueen estate. Original…