It's not a grand departure, just the best album yet by one of the modern-rock era's most loveable bands.  Full text...

Can Cladders is an unapologetically lovely affair that is sure to soothe the frazzled nerves of its discerning listening public.  Full text...

The most enjoyable High Llamas record in over a decade.  Full text...

Can Cladders is classic Llamas, an album every bit as lovely and elegant as any of their beloved recordings of yore. It's just refreshing to know that some artists still place an emphasis on making music pretty.   Full text...

The High Llamas are back with more sugar rush material.  Full text...

A nagging voice in your head might whisper that this is music for people who drive '60s cars, eat retro food off '60s melamine plates, only buy vintage clothes from second-hand shops and so always smell faintly of cat piss and 40-year-old fag ash, but tracks like 'Bacaroo' and 'Sailing Bells' deploy the sort of lovely string arrangements that sweep you off your feet and have your knickers on the floor before you even notice your cold bits. Damn them.  Full text...

Can Cladders is the aural equivalent of (as one candy manufacturer puts it) “tasting the rainbow.” But while the band is multicolored in instrumentation and harmonies and aesthetically vibrant in tone, it’s unfortunately one-dimensional in structure.  Full text...