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The band's fourth album Awoo keeps the lyrical restraint, but restores some of the energy of The Hidden Cameras' early work, in more of a rock 'n' roll vein.
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Genuinely affecting, and fun, pop music.
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UrbA sometimes abrupt, hard-to-pin-down voyage with fun surprises and plot twists. [Sep 2006, p.131]
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A guilty pleasure it may be, but when the pleasure is as intense as this, quite frankly who gives a fuck?
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This is by far their most accessible and cohesive record yet, and despite a couple of well-meaning but ultimately derivative hiccups in its second half, Awoo should bring a much larger audience into the fold.
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UncutA sweeter collection of songs this year you'll be hard pushed to find. [Oct 2006, p.110]
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Under The RadarAwoo is the kind of album that gets stuck in your head and makes you start humming. [#15]
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New Musical Express (NME)An excellent third album. [23 Sep 2006, p.31]
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Frankly, you could pick pretty much any song at random and be guaranteed either a gorgeous slab of jubilation or a bittersweet drop of beatification.
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Paste MagazineIf... Donovan and the guy from Blues Traveler had a baby... it would... sound like this. [Mar 2007, p.63]
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Rather than winning over new converts, AWOO’s main achievement might be to delineate, skilfully but inescapably, the outer boundaries of its creators’ artistic reach.
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He’s brought together his best batch of melodies yet, along with lyrics that aim less to shock than to amuse.
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Q MagazineTightly controlled melodic songs reminiscent of R.E.M. or The Velvet Underground. [Oct 2006, p.120]
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MagnetIf you aren't smitten with this band yet, you will be soon. [#73, p.94]
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The album is more polished and accessible than the band's previous work and other childlike plinky pop like Danielson.
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calvinhobbesOct 3, 2006You will play this album for days and days. Trust me.