Kate French-Morris
Kate is a writer from London. She likes running, sour beer, loud guitars, and euphoric-melancholic pop. If she was a song right now she’d be Jenny by The Mountain Goats.
Willow – ‘lately I feel EVERYTHING’ review: a skilled pivot to pop-rock
You’d be forgiven for accusing Willow Smith of slipping into the zeitgeist pop-punk genre as easily as a garment. Her previous three solo albums...
Clairo – ‘Sling’ review: a gentle yet bold leap forward
“I’m stepping inside a universe designed against my own beliefs,” announces Clairo at the very start of ‘Sling’. It’s her second album – and...
Sault – ‘Nine’ review: songs of lost innocence and Black experience
“Are you from London? … Y'all eat crumpets and stuff?” The queen, bad teeth, rain: British collective Sault have fun playing with the capital’s...
Laura Mvula – ‘Pink Noise’ review: a buoyant, shoulder-padded power move
Breaking up by email is never an okay thing to do. In 2017, British singer Laura Mvula found herself on the receiving end of...
Tyler, the Creator – ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ review: a beautiful tangle...
“That caterpillar went to cocoon, do you get me?” Tyler, the Creator says of his 23-year-old self, on ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’,...
Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: intergalactic antics from a forward-facing star
In some ways, the space-age concept of Doja Cat’s third album makes total sense. Like an adventurous space traveller hopping between planets, the Californian...
Pom Pom Squad – ‘Death Of A Cheerleader’ review: sugar-coated carnage you can’t help...
Near-chaos, violence covered in sugar and candy. That’s how Bruce Springsteen once described Wall of Sound records, and on ‘Death Of A Cheerleader’, Pom...
Lucy Dacus – ‘Home Video’ review: here’s looking at you, kid
Diligent diarists have a secret weapon: an exclusive spyhole to the past, the view relatively unobscured. 26-year-old Lucy Dacus typed up thirteen of her...
Mykki Blanco – ‘Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep’ review: reflection, flirtation, and every shade...
Mykki Blanco once read somewhere that humans experience 256 variations of emotions in one day. One day? Blanco only needs 27 minutes and 28...
Griff – ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape review: small steps and...
Nothing can resist the pull of a black hole – and not many can resist the gravitas of Griff, the pop universe’s newest bright...