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- Summary: This is the first solo release for the Scottish artist since the breakup of his band Arab Strap.
- Record Label: Full Time Hobby
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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MojoThis is possibly the most optimistic album about depression ever made. [Mar 2007, p.98]
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Q MagazineRazor-sharp songs that do valiant justice to the desperate optimism of gutter-bound dreamers. [Mar 2007, p.115]
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For an album about all the bad things that can happen to us, it sounds pretty damn good.
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Under The RadarMalcolm Middleton offers up a catchy indie electropop album worthy of all its communicative attaention. [Summer 2007, p.91]
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It's inevitable having enjoyed their partnership for so long, that you occasionally feel the lack of Moffat's brutal honesty, but Middleton grows more interesting with each solo release.
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UncutArrangements range from scraped guitars to epic brass fanfares and, unusually for an album about loners, there's no misanthropy. [Mar 2007, p.86]
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Think a more ragged Belle & Sebastian, and you’re not far off.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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FrancisSMar 15, 2007
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