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May 20, 2013It's not the terrible record to be savaged that an army of hipsters hoped for, just a very plain one that sounds like it was made by 14-year-olds, for 14-year-olds.
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Mar 6, 2013While the better songs sound rough around the edges, their inferior material here sounds scrappy and juvenile.
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Mar 4, 2013There you have it; young lads just starting out make poor-to-average debut record. Not an unusual occurrence, and no doubt a thousand other albums released that day were no better or worse than 180.
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UncutMar 1, 2013Their debut reveals a talent for taut, punkish, pivot-on-a-penny songs that cemented their live reputation before they'd even recorded a note. [Apr 2013, p.74]
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Feb 27, 2013So Palma Violets get a pass this time, their lack of focus and their naivety balanced by their charm. 180 is a record they're only allowed to make once--next time we're going to need some substance.
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Feb 25, 2013The debut album by indie's latest great white hopes, however, is notable mainly for its crushing ordinariness.
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Feb 21, 2013There are certainly moments when the writing sparks: the New Orderish riff of Chicken Dippers crashes into an addictive chorus; Step Up for the Cool Cats maroons a fragmented ballad over see-sawing organ and explosions of frenetic drumming. But they are outweighed by moments where things seems to gutter in a mass of half-formed ideas.
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Feb 21, 2013While Palma Violets have certainly got talent, their debut falls just short of the expectations that’s been ladled on it.
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