You're right about Frank. What makes channel ORANGE so interesting is that it feels like Frank is opening his soul to the entire world. He is the details. And it can't hurt that what he's singing about, the things on his mind and the things that he deals with, are things that we can all relate to.
“Unlike previous Bat for Lashes albums, which grew gimmicky and overloaded, The Haunted Man keeps Ms. Khan and her unexpectedly succinct melodies in the foreground, urgent and unguarded.”
BEACON
by Two Door Cinema Club
Released: 3 September 2012
Score: 130,000 gold
“There's nothing overtly bad about Beacon; it shows that Two Door Cinema Club still have a remarkable knack for winsome melodies and harmonies set to kinetic beats. It just doesn't have the spark that Tourist History had, even if it's a more accomplished album overall.”
CONTACT
by Noisettes
Released: 4 August 2012
Score: 130,000 gold
“‘Contact’ is a collection of catchy pop tunes and an eclectic one at that. Here, Noisettes have a crack at everything from disco to 60s retro, ballads to acid jazz, and bluegrass to bossa nova.”
FALL TO GRACE
by Paloma Faith
Released: 28 May 2012
Score: 130,000 gold
“The quality slips towards the finish, but not enough to spoil a supremely accomplished sophomore album. Fall to Grace is proof that pop doesn't need to be grey and restrained to feel grown-up.”
HOME AGAIN
by Michael Kiwanuka
Released: 12 March 2012
Score: 130,000 gold
“He's made the kind of record that every kid rummaging through boxes of Seventies vinyl at the car boot sale hopes to find. One that lovingly reassembles a 21st-century impression of that era's warm autumnal hues and tactile textures.”