ALBUM REVIEW – PLANTOID: FLARE

Anyone looking for an easy listen should avoid Plantoid. Their debut album, ‘Terrapath’, had moments of magic but was so frenetic in its constantly shifting math rock riffs, jazzy perambulations and tempo changes as to be somewhat exhausting and impenetrable. Fortunately, their follow-up, ‘Flare’, sees them putting the progress into progressive. While it maintains their […]
How can rapper be so mellow and loud at the same time? Meet Lexa Gates with her sophomore album ‘I am’ I’ve just listened to Gates’ album ‘I am’ and I can gladly tell you she is one of the most prolific female rappers we have right now, and she proves this. This album shows […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LEXA GATES: I AM

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 JANUARY 2026

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore    Tragic Magic     Barwick and Lattimore were given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Philharmonie de Paris’ Musée de la Musique in partnership with French label InFiné. The two artists embraced a divine setting, overwhelmed by the beauty and history at their fingertips. Lattimore selected three harps tracing the […]
A gentle introduction to 2026 with a handful of new releases this week. Dry Cleaning    Secret Love      They take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 JANUARY 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – GREYWIND: SEVERED HEART CITY

If you have been on Instagram Reels or TikTok recently you may have stumbled across Greywind, the emo duo from Ireland. On January 16th, Steph and Paul O’Sullivan are set to release their second album, ‘Severed Heart City,’ nine years after the release of their debut album. Throughout 2025, they did a handful of shows, […]
Getting the new year off with a bang, Clémentine March’s ‘Powder Keg’ offers exactly what I want from music in 2026. It is a giant mixing pot of sounds which whilst it could be termed chamber pop takes influence from jazz, folk, Brazilian music, 90s alt-rock, krautrock and disco. Its multilingual songs are tingling with […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEMENTINE MARCH: POWDER KEG

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEAN CUT KID: SEVEN SOUNDS, FOREVER

“The following recording is made up entirely of seven sounds” – a spoken word declaration emerges. Following suit to statement, Clean Cut Kid strings together full-bodied instrumentals and harmonies that take you from zero to enlightenment. The bittersweetness of divinity. Before static has time to consume the silence, it’s snagged by ‘Anxiety Dreams’. Sporadically, thoughts […]
There are certain traditions associated with this time of year: presents, lights and decorations, turkey (or nut roast), mince pies, mulled wine and messy office parties. Add to that list the Silent Radio Album of the Year chart. And, as is starting to become traditional, for the second time in three years, BC Camplight stands […]

SILENT RADIO’S TOP FIFTY ALBUMS OF THE YEAR – 2025

ALBUM REVIEW – DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK: YARIN YOKSA

Describing themselves as “outernational” rather than international to capture the idea of a sound that is inclusive and beyond borders, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek bring together their varied backgrounds to create an intoxicating sound. Yıldırım is German born to Turkish parents whose language she sings in as it best reflects her emotions. Drummer Helen […]
As the temperature drops and Winter descends, I find myself returning to the genre that I’ve always loved: Darkwave. The synth-centric child of new-wave and post-punk, darkwave combines everything I love about goth music. Monotonous vocals, synths upon synths and most importantly, the underlying sense of dread. Releasing on the 12th of December, David Galas’ The […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID GALAS: THE NIHILIST