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- Summary: The sixth full-length release for the British indie rock band was inspired by recent protests and produced with Matt Twaites.
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- Record Label: Mystery Jets Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Apr 3, 2020The album offers a rousing, belligerently upbeat response to global crisis, albeit at the time of composition they were addressing climate change, environmental activism, the impact of austerity and rise of fascism. ... This is the sound of a group breaking out of their shell and demanding to be heard.
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Apr 3, 2020There’s no doubt that we’ll look back on this album as an essential sound of the unparalleled social climate of 2020.
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Apr 3, 2020An undoubtedly influential album.
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Apr 6, 2020Musically it is arguably the best thing the band have done..
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Apr 3, 2020The band may have achieved Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize nominations, as well as their highest chart position, with 2016’s Curve of the Earth, but A Billion Heartbeats aims higher, and doesn’t miss.
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Apr 3, 2020It’s a wildly successful take on the world at large as the band enter a new decade. Far from just indie survivors, it seems like these Jets have still got plenty of fuel left in the tank.
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Apr 23, 2020'A Billion Heartbeats' perhaps lacks the cutting perspective or lyricism of classic protest records, while managing to present the revolutionary spirit of old in a modern context.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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Apr 17, 2020Continuan la trayectoria de su álbum anterior, con un album a la altura de sus contemporáneos, Foals.
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