Kitchen Sink

AlbumJun 05 / 202011 songs, 46m 58s
Art Rock
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7.9 / 10

The best songs on the singer-songwriter’s excellent fourth album invoke the surreal melodramas of Björk and the wry social commentary of Pulp.

9 / 10

Nadine Shah's strongest effort to date is filled with brooding intensity

On her fourth album, the musician grapples with – and ultimately embraces – the complexities of being a woman, channelling a powerful voice

As a mixed-race Muslim woman with a guitar, Nadine Shah is expected to have plenty to say about the political issues of the day.

Both playful and powerful in its delivery.

On her fourth album, Ware sounds gleefully unhindered in her exploration of desire, while Khruangbin offer a perfectly inoffensive third record. Nadine Shah’s ‘Kitchen Sink’ is a strong cocktail, garnished with a lemon twist of her signature wry humour

The fourth long-player from the spell-casting English singer/songwriter, Kitchen Sink is aptly named, as Nadine Shah and longtime collaborator/producer Ben Hillier have crafted a wily and inventive collection of songs that pair astute social commentary with crisp, cosmopolitan arrangements drawing from a deep and intuitive arsenal of styles.

Nadine Shah has affirmed herself as one of the UK’s best political songwriters.

8 / 10

Nadine Shah’s last album, the Mercury-nominated ‘Holiday Destination’, was a searing response to the political turmoil caused by Brexit

The singer-songwriter’s follow-up to Holiday Destination is a slow-burning joy

7 / 10

Tyneside artist Nadine Shah is on contemplative form on her fourth album, using the mundanities of life in order to make sense of something deeper

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In her fourth album, Shah deals with the expectations and failings that all women face

A fresh look at women's woes from one who knows. Music review by Kathryn Reilly

8 / 10