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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Scottish indie-pop duo of Cat Myers (taking over for Shona McVicar, who left shortly after their debut release) and Stina Tweeddale was produced by James Dring.
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  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
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  1. Nov 4, 2016
    83
    Producer James Dring (Jamie T, Gorillaz) skillfully amplifies Honeyblood’s bewitching hooks and taut arrangements, while preserving the band’s scruffy, DIY-pop vibe.
  2. Nov 3, 2016
    80
    For the most part, Honeyblood’s second outing is a delicious face-punch of a record, running amok in the best way possible with everything they’ve learned since first time around.
  3. Oct 28, 2016
    80
    Overall, and despite a brief lull, Babes Never Die is enjoyable from beginning to end. Peppered with catchy choruses and heroic riffs, and with sing-along moments galore, it's much fuller, better rounded and more complete than 2014's Honeyblood.
  4. Nov 9, 2016
    80
    No one has travelled further than the band themselves. Yet it’s a journey worth savouring, with the renewed duo seemingly capable of soaking up all that life can throw at them.
  5. Oct 28, 2016
    70
    Multiple listens reveal a dark heart to their pointed pop sound, yet the record still acts as a call to arms to those who find themselves in difficult situations. This is an album that is built to last.
  6. 70
    If the joyous Ready For The Magic isn’t already an indie club floor filler, it damn well should be.
  7. Nov 10, 2016
    55
    Babes Never Die is by every means a solid, boisterous rock record, but their first one was all that and something more. Babes has fewer hooks, and less of the glimmering reverb we grew to love the last time around.

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