It's intriguing to hear the usually buttoned-up Okereke get so detailed, and Horn's sleek production finds the right mood throughout. Print edition only

Their Malcolm Middleton-orchestrated musical backdrop is as exciting and unpredictable as ever. Print edition only

The word ‘love’ is sung over 60 times on the album; old love, lost love, parental love, familial love, love for country and concern for future. Like the greatest of Dexys works, its flaws contribute to the entire picture

Cynics might call the message simplistic, but when the results are as beautiful as Whole Heart (Into It), James' invitation to roll with it proves mighty irresistible. Print edition only

The pace slackens in the final third, but at its best - as on True Colors, in which a psych-soaked guitar solo is poured over clattering Dyke & The Blazers-style drums- Thank You effortlessly hauls you along. Print edition only

While it ticks all the boxes with undeniable proficiency, there are virtually zero surprises. Print edition only

But Heaton’s lyrics are as consistent as ever

Interpol have made their most developed, creative album yet

The pace slackens in the final third, but at its best - as on True Colors, in which a psych-soaked guitar solo is poured over clattering Dyke & The Blazers-style drums- Thank You effortlessly hauls you along. Print edition only

"Lord Of The Underground" is Metallica-grade dirge-rock, while the rolling rhythms of "Revenge" and low-end synths of "Resolution" provide fittingly ballistic, moody climaxes to an auteur-grade album if devilish delights. Print edition only

The results show in the record's textured details and fizzing chemistry, the sound of a band thrilled to be playing together. Print edition only

A summer smasher. Print edition only

While his words and voice remain smart and wry, whether you enjoy it or not will depend entirely on your liking for, or tolerance of, that genre. Print edition only

Stella is a modern gospel spiritual, White People is seething and stirring, and The New World Wave is a brilliant return to the narrative style of Lambchop's earliest records. Print edition only

This debut lives up to their ragged early EPs. Print edition only

It is daft, not 'zany'. There is enough substance here to go far beyond the gags. Print edition only

Hearing the first taste of Ed O’Brien’s second solo album, Blue Morpho, felt like connecting with a folk fantasia

The vocals are close and intimate, the music surprisingly fleshed out and poppy. The album captures the ennui of chronic illness, and while it stares into the void, it still elicits hope