I'm not your man

"Hurrah for Hackman! The British musician has, for her second album, set fire to her twee-ish sound and risen from the alt-folk scene like a proper stomping pop star, all sharp suits and songs that brood with breakup angst and simmer with sexuality. Her pearlescent lightness is still there in her sweetly sung cut-glass vocals, but in place of acoustic twangs there are heavy lidded licks and an overall louche noir. Grunge and shoegaze set the tone this time: the diaphanous guitar chimes enveloping like a cape.Standout track Good Intentions has an Alt-J-like intricacy to the rhythm until Hackman erupts into dissonant playground yeah-ing and L7-ish crunch, while Gina's World and So Long have an excellent, lip-curling sultriness - bedroom pop gone sinister. There's more straightforward upbeat festival indie on My Lover Cindy - the wry twist being that she's not some mop-top bloke singing about a girlfriend - and Cigarette echoes her former beautifully plucked form. But makenomistake: this is a fiercer Hackman, joining the ranks of Wolf Alice and letting her inner swagger shine".

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"Marika Hackman confidently sheds the shackles of her previous tags to deliver an explosive and gruesome rock album, I'm Not Your ManHer signature visceral writing style is omnipresent on I'm Not Your Man. Throughout the record Marika kills her sister, chokes a lover, hangs from a tree and indulges in many more grizzly activities. It is an album of complete gay abandon, an artist freeing herself in every aspect of her process and we could not be happier".