NME's Best Debut Albums of 2016

NME's Best Debut Albums of 2016

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Blossoms - Blossoms
August 5, 2016
Critic Score
65
13 reviews

Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
June 17, 2016
Critic Score
74
18 reviews
While their pop sensibilities are clear, the music is surreal and dense, with guitar, synthesiser, saxophone, glockenspiel, recorder and vocals that lurch from sugary to shouty.

Nao - For All We Know
July 29, 2016
Critic Score
79
20 reviews

At an impressively thorough 17 tracks long – including a couple of brief but lovely demos in the shape of iPhone voice memos – Nao’s debut album certainly isn’t shy about setting her out as one of the UK’s brightest new talents.

Public Access T.V. - Never Enough
September 30, 2016
Critic Score
76
8 reviews

Soft Hair - Soft Hair
October 28, 2016
Critic Score
70
17 reviews

More than anything else, ‘Soft Hair’ is about intimacy, creativity and a zest for life – two singular musicians liberated by collaboration.

Sunflower Bean - Human Ceremony
February 5, 2016
Critic Score
73
22 reviews
On debut album ‘Human Ceremony’, they fuse Led Zeppelin’s raunchy riffs with the blissful mid-’80s indie of Felt, the best bits of ’80s alt-pop (The Cure) and krautrock (Neu!) and, in front-duo Julia Cumming and Nick Kivlen, have the kind of boy-girl chemistry last seen in the White Stripes.

Swet Shop Boys - Cashmere
October 14, 2016
Critic Score
79
8 reviews

The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
October 14, 2016
Critic Score
74
18 reviews
Teen brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario are all about Queen, Tom Petty, spandex jumpsuits, vintage synths and genuinely great hair.

Whitney - Light Upon The Lake
June 3, 2016
Critic Score
79
24 reviews
All 10 tracks on ‘Light Upon The Lake’ share a serene, peaceful bond, with Ehrlich’s startling falsetto bringing to mind Bobby Charles and Shuggie Otis, two genial artists whose personalities have always shone through on their records.
Original Source: http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-debut-albums-2016-1903099
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