Reviews by henry-winchester

Bjork, Goldfrapp, I kind of lost track of whatever came next in this sequence. But I think it's this! It softens Goldfrapp's electroclash hardness into something more folky and ethereal, but maintains electronic undercurrents. Loved it.

Something new! And it's great. Made me laugh. I like that music can be funny.

What in the Photoshop is that artwork?
Enjoyed this though, it dragged in places but always brought it back together.

Just so great to hear this kind of music with female vocals. Wished the album was a bit longer though!

A pleasant surprise! I had "Patio Song" as a single but never heard the whole album. I really like them, they're a lot like their Welsh brethren Super Furry Animals, but they lean more into esoteric folk without ever becoming annoying.

I've realised that I really don't like Queen at all, but that every album I listen to includes one track that I do really, really like. Unfortunately, I can't remember which track it was, and I'm not inclined to find out.

Good recommendation. I don't think I've ever heard such a coherent album outside of the 1970s; it never strays from the path but it also never becomes boring.

Not quite Mogwai good, but still pretty good.

Never really rang true with me, didn't rock out enough.

I think I prefer Danny Brown, but this was still decent and solid.

If you're going to make a comedy album, it helps if you're funny.

This was a lot better than I thought it might be based on the cover (I'm sure there's a lesson there!), and I liked the way its sources were so esoteric and it didn't sit still. But it ran out of steam towards the end.

If Dylan was ... I don't actually know where this person is from.

Somehow just really classy, proper RnB.

Better than "Common People," I think, even if it is a dry run for that album. I think the music is better here, and there are fewer weak tracks. I never really realised how much they sound like New Order. Jarvis is at once sleazier and more fresh-faced, it's less bleak than "Common People," awkward and sexy in equal measure. "Babies" has always been my favourite Pulp song.

I don't remember this at all! And I wasn't even drunk. Can't be that good.

Appreciated the variety here.

31 going on 72.

Just right, metal that's never unlistenable. I appreciated the way it calmed down a bit towards the end as well.

Yikes. This was such a formative album for me, the first time I'd heard something genuinely weird and proggy, but operating within the boundaries of Britpop.

But it's not quite like I remember it. It's soaring and beautiful in places, but so utterly childish and bratty in others. It doesn't help that Paul Draper has been acting like such a dick in recent years.

I'd like to think "Six" is better, but I'm worried it'll have the same effect.