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Nov 4, 2016Producer James Dring (Jamie T, Gorillaz) skillfully amplifies Honeyblood’s bewitching hooks and taut arrangements, while preserving the band’s scruffy, DIY-pop vibe.
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Q MagazineNov 15, 2016Sister Wolf and Justine, Misery Queen highlighting the pair's ability to twist their songs into new, potently alluring shapes. [Jan 2017, p.107]
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Nov 9, 2016No 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.
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Nov 3, 2016There’s more than enough here to keep them ahead of the pack.
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Nov 3, 2016For 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.
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Nov 3, 2016Follow-up Ready For The Magic is just as angry and their sometimes gauzy alt-rock is beefed up to ferocious levels.
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Nov 3, 2016The real talking point is the poise with which Honeyblood have carried off a record on which they seem to have so completely trusted their instincts.
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MojoOct 28, 2016With barbed lyrics and messy, thrumming guitars a Honeyblood speciality, things never get overly pretty on thes 11 tales of "horror, lust and laughs," while new Honeyblood drummer Cat Myers, successor to Shona McVicar, has bedded-in nicely. [Dec 2016, p.90]
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Oct 28, 2016This is an assured step forward in every sense--Honeyblood are back from the brink and there’s a new sting in their tail.
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Oct 28, 2016Overall, 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.
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Dec 12, 2016It’s easy to make comparisons with contemporaries--namely the likes of Best Coast--but Stina Tweeddale and Cat Myers transfer so much personality to their tracks that a deeper, more lasting impression is given.
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Nov 28, 2016If the joyous Ready For The Magic isn’t already an indie club floor filler, it damn well should be.
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Nov 2, 2016This album sounds brighter than its predecessor, more refined, sharply focused and coherent.
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Oct 28, 2016Multiple 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.