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The Phoenix

New Zealand multi-instrumentalist Pip Brown a/k/a Ladyhawke presents us with a treasure trove of found blips, as if the 1980s had been nothing but a gigantic mirror ball to smash and paste back together.

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Filter

Brown has an unlikely knack for putting quality into cliched, classic disco and rock. [Holiday 2008, p.106]

Prefix Magazine

We can quibble about intent and expression, but in the end you will have to succumb to the heart, body and soul, and your brain might be left behind.

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Spin

Plundering the 1980s for inspiration (shock!), 27-year- old New Zealander Pip Brown emerges with a confection of synth-infused, mammoth-chorused tunes that sound surprisingly and thrillingly fresh.

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All Music Guide

Ladyhawke is unlikely to win any awards for originality but you'd be hard pressed to find a more consistent and hook-laden debut all year.

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musicOMH.com

We'll settle for saying it's a great record. Full stop.

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New Musical Express (NME)

Ladyhawke’s louche synthetic pop is brazenly Bananarama, ridiculously ‘Rio’, and wonderfully Waterman, but the lack of posing – her sheer scruffiness – makes it the first credible ’80s pop record since ABC’s ‘The Lexicon Of Love’

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Observer Music Monthly

Ladyhawke is an accessible but immensely rewarding listen, and while some of this singer's influences may be middle of the road, her album isn't even on the road.

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The Guardian

Smarts to her, too, for making her pop sound so good that it never sounds like pastiche.

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Urb

Her eponymous debut is the closest thing to “Betty Davis Eyes” or “Stand Back” recorded for our generation, and yet it isn’t nauseatingly retro.

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cokemachineglow

Substantive lyrics aren’t part of Pip Brown’s forte but, then again, they’re totally unnecessary in the genre to which she peddles.

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Pitchfork

Ladyhawke is brimming with ideas whose worst moments quantify this past and whose best build upon it.

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Q Magazine

One nostalgia trip worth taking. [Oct 2008, p.147]

Uncut

It's all craftily entertaining, but loopy lead single 'Paris Is Burning' is the one track that escapes pastiche. [Oct 2008, p.94]

Under The Radar

Rotating guest producers help enhance her arrangements, and when she nails one, you'll revisit it. Other tracks, though, have a tiresome, hook-by-committee vibe that's entirely disposable. [Winter 2009, p.78]

Rolling Stone

As with so much Eighties revivalism, there is a chilly emptiness to the exercise; most of the songs feel like fashion statements.

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Dot Music

People will tell you Ladyhawke is fresh and exciting. They're wrong. It's horrendous.

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