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The Time Out music team give their verdict on new album releases

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Adele – ‘25’ album review

Adele – ‘25’ album review

★★☆☆☆ In February 2012, at the height of her post-’21’ pomp, Adele Adkins told a reporter: ‘I can’t write another break-up record. That would be a real...

Kwabs – ‘Love + War’ album review

Kwabs – ‘Love + War’ album review

★★★★☆ First things first, it’s pronounced ‘k-wor-bs’, so relax: you can stop scratching around inside your underpants. But if you’re a fan of soulful grooves,...

Childhood – 'Lacuna' album review

Childhood – 'Lacuna' album review

  • 3 out of 5 stars

Woozy shoegaze-pop, oozing nostalgia: a welcome debut by the Londoners Childhood: a perfectly carefree time of ice-lollies and climbing trees, apple pie and...

Caribou – 'Our Love' album review

Caribou – 'Our Love' album review

  • 5 out of 5 stars

Dan Snaith is back with some new kaleidoscopic love songs to rave about and to When you think of love songs, who comes to mind? Michael Bublé? Nina Simone? Sam...

The Kooks – 'Listen' album review

The Kooks – 'Listen' album review

  • 2 out of 5 stars

The noughties superstars attempt a reinvention, but can't escape their pop-rock roots When it was first announced that The Kooks had dusted off their trilbies...

Ed Sheeran – 'X' album review

Ed Sheeran – 'X' album review

  • 3 out of 5 stars

We're grudgingly won over by the gooey-eyed romanticism of Ed's second On paper, Ed Sheeran makes no sense. He shambled into the spotlight in 2011 like a cross...

Jack White – 'Lazaretto' album review

Jack White – 'Lazaretto' album review

  • 4 out of 5 stars

The White Stripe's new solo album is a stonker, even without the bells and whistles of the deluxe vinyl version Super-fans who share Jack White’s fetish for...

Clean Bandit – 'New Eyes' album review

Clean Bandit – 'New Eyes' album review

  • 4 out of 5 stars

The violin-toting foursome debut with a simply good pop album – no strings attached It’s almost too easy to dismiss Clean Bandit with a sneer of inverted...