Phantogram – Voices
The most noticeable difference, at first, between Phantogram and say Purity Ring is how frontwoman Sarah Barthel controls the songs. Barthel can easily be cooing and seductive one moment only to be breathing fire the next. Even while she’s at her most sleek, she’s still hiding daggers behind her back, after all the opening tack “Nothing But Trouble” is filled with her “shotgun smiles”. When she starts describing her R.E.M. cycle on “Bad Dreams”, be assured that nightmares will be induced. Read the full review on Pop Matters

Glitch Mob – Love Death Immortality
The Glitch Mob’s sophomore album, Love Death Immortality, truly showcases how much the band has grown since their debut full-length album, Drink The Sea, in 2010. Released on their own Glass Air label, Love Death Immortality walks the tight rope between light and dark, playing both sides perfectly against one another in a tug of war between infatuating melodic leads and deadly bass line rhythms that transcend what everyone else in the electronic music scene is doing. Read the full review on Joonbug

Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow
The most striking feature of So Long, See You Tomorrow is the manner in which BBC manage to successfully mix eclecticism with cohesiveness. As we’ve witnessed with the transitions from blues to folk to pop that have occurred in their back catalogue, they’re certainly not a band to stick with one sound and SLSYT is not an exception to that trend. Much of the record is devoted to perfecting the middle-ground between indie-pop and dance, a feat which many bands recently have stumbled over. Read the full review on Absolute Punk