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May 23, 2012America Give Up is a fantastically-promising debut album full of charm and potential. So, until the Strokes release their next masterpiece or pack it in altogether, enjoy this bunch of upbeat, tousle-haired tunes.
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Under The RadarMar 21, 2012This is mainly just sunny, disintegrated, low-stakes rock music. [Mar 2012, p.84]
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Feb 10, 2012America Give Up proves them to be far more exciting than a mere second generation rip-off.
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Jan 27, 2012America Give Up comes out swingin' from the first bell and barely lets up.
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Jan 26, 2012America Give Up is inconsistent and derivative yet promising, and not nearly as impressive as some early adopters would have people believe.
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Jan 18, 2012America Give Up is, quite simply, an effortlessly brilliant debut.
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Jan 18, 2012A "more accessible, less-noisy Jesus and Mary Chain".
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Jan 17, 2012It's a debut with potential, especially if Howler find their own identity as completely as they borrowed others'.
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Jan 17, 2012America Give Up is about woo-oo-oo choruses and fuzz-laden, spiky guitar chords, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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Jan 17, 2012A seductive reiteration of the precepts of attitudinal guitar pop. Or you could put it another way – it's derivative, audaciously so, but fun none the less.
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UncutJan 13, 2012The content is often too light and derivative to suggest they really are saviors in waiting. [Feb 2012, p.89]
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Jan 12, 2012Howler have enough good [songs] to remind you of how good the Strokes used to be, rather than make you think how much better the Strokes are than this.
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Jan 12, 2012This is an endearing and eminently likeable listen.
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Jan 12, 2012Howler, when at their best, produce simple, but infectious, dirty rock music that oozes confidence and a nonchalant swagger.
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Jan 11, 2012Catchy, bratty and phenomenally uninspiring, America Give Up is not so much shouting from the rooftops as howling at the moon.
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Q MagazineJan 10, 2012Irresistible. [Feb. 2012 p. 107]
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Jan 10, 2012An album of thoroughly contagious, albeit fairly derivative, Strokes-flavoured gutter-rock.
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