Islands - Arm's Way For all the snippets of brilliance you'll find in this record, it struggles to leave much of a lasting impression.
The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby The Wave Pictures have created an album that pulls off all the core essentials of a great pop album; quirky, endearing, and catchy in all the right places.
The Rosie Taylor Project - This City Draws Maps To review this album seems to be doing it a disservice. To be doing so suggests that there is, in some way, a reason to be critical about a release.
This Et Al - The Figure Eight EP 'The Figure Eight' EP is an unashamed and stylish portfolio of what the band are capable of, and judging by what's on show here, rightly so.
The Loose Salute - Tuned To Love This really is made for lazy summer days, a collection of mellow, sunny tracks to lie in a hammock and drink lemonade to.
Lykke Li - Little Bit EP She's more in common with the earthy Camille or Feist than anyone from her motherland.
Peter Moren - The Last Tycoon 'The Last Tycoon' is a pleasing diversion until the PB&J follow-up to 'Writer's Block'.
Speck Mountain - Summer Above This is a complex debut album, but a promising one. There's definitely enough here for Speck Mountain's 'unrelenting hope' to remain.
The Alps - Something I Might Regret The Alps sit between Hard-Fi and The Ordinary Boys like the middle layer of corrugated cardboard: sitting there, serving a purpose, but ultimately impossible to get excited about.
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