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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the New Zealand pop artist James Milne was produced by Mike Fabulous.
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- Record Label: Flying Nun
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Aug 5, 2016This is the first Lawrence Arabia album that fully reaches the promise shown by the first three albums, the first that works from start to finish, and the first that edges Milne close to the rarefied air his heroes occupy.
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UncutAug 5, 2016His fourth album as Lawrence Arabia cuts the potential sugariness of strings-embellished, '60s-influenced pop with reflective, often bracingly direct lyrics and wry humour, but sensibly, no sardonic edge. [Sep 2016, p.69]
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Aug 5, 2016It’s an album engulfed by bittersweet nostalgia.
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Aug 10, 2016It’s well-wrought and entertaining for the most part, though there are moments, as in “The Palest Of Them All”, when the archness becomes top-heavy and capsizes the song.
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MojoAug 5, 2016Absolute Truth rights the ship with enough whistling milkman melodies to sink the Titanic. [Sep 2016, p.95]
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