Turn the Car Around

Turn the Car Around is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Gaz Coombes, released through Hot Fruit Recordings and Virgin Music on 13 January, 2023.

[2] Emma Harrison of Clash Music rated this release an 8 out of 10, writing that "each track is a triumph and have been impeccably produced with impressively executed melodic layering that feel almost cinematically textured".

[4] Writing for musicOMH, Ben Hogwood rated Turn the Car Around 4.5 out of 5 stars, summing up that it "has enough musical substance to leave its vapour trails hanging in the sky for hours afterwards" and "is the finest achievement of Coombes’ solo career so far, a magnificent record – and the feeling still persists that there is more to come".

[5] Damien Morris of The Observer gave this album 5 out of 5 stars, calling it "the strongest suite of music Coombes has assembled in 20 years" and that it has "gorgeous, heartfelt pieces".

[6] In Record Collector, the release got 4 out of 5 stars for being "a thoughtful, and thought-provoking, set of songs from a writer whose responses to the world around him illustrate an ever-deepening maturity".