"If The Coral were your thing, put down this record and go away. This is not a Coral record."
Read MoreYou'd be forgiven for not knowing John Grant from the band he fronted for ten years, The Czars. The acclaim their four records received was never matched with commercial success and the band split in 2004. They did, however, have superfans in Midlake, who convinced Grant to make an album in their studio, serving as his backing band in the process.
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'a rounded, confident and thrilling statement of intent' - Neill Dougan on Overhead, The Albatross' debut LP Learning To Growl Read More
'Try to imagine, if you will, a version of Forrest Gump if it were good' - MacDara Conroy on The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Read More
A 'Full Metal Jacket for the Hunger Games crowd', Ender's Game carries a sinister message, says MacDara Conroy Read More
A four-track collection of the Greek composer's work presents 'an unapologetic dedication to modernism which was often repulsive and engaging at the same time'. Read More
'Sit back, open your mind to the layers of sound, and enjoy'- Niall McGuirk on No Age's An Object. Read More
'occasionally spectacular, defiantly unusual and always diverting' - Neill Dougan on British Sea Power's Machineries Of Joy. Read More