Mac McNaughton, Journalist

"Collins helped shape this genre decades ago and under his captaincy it's totally legit."

"After a tear-inducingly magical 'True Faith' and '1963', it was in the Joy Division set where Hooky's voice was really at home."

"After all the bravura and noise of his last decade, this rebirth has delivered a very modern album about being a grown-up."

"He briefly kisses Jeff Buckley's chords on the humble 'White Glove'."

"Even Sharon Van Etten's smokey delivery on the title track can't save this glitter-bomb."

"His brooding ying is elegantly yanged by Jessica Cassar's honeyed vocals and the production remains simply hollowed, often harrowingly dark."

"Where the road goes next is easy to predict."

"... Far from getting mawkishly nostalgic, [Danilova's] sixth long-player as Zola Jesus sombrely contemplates life and loss."

"Lizzy Grant's cracks only now start to show in moments of collaboration."