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Jan 18, 2012Baby feels more like a leftover relic from the '90s than the game-changer the genre needs.
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Mar 16, 2012After spending 15 minutes sounding like preordained headliners, Tribes trudge through half an hour of perfunctorily composed and performed verses and choruses that are all too deniable.
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UncutFeb 3, 2012Already it feels like they're playing to a rapidly disappearing crowd. [Mar 2012, p.89]
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Q MagazineJan 10, 2012Proves that there is still a place for bands playing short, noisy pop songs about girls and being young, regardless of where they come from. [Feb. 2012 p. 100]
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Jan 18, 2012Tribes have roared back fiercer than ever.
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Jan 10, 2012A stunning debut album, one that proves the hype was more than justified.
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Jan 12, 2012The songs are big on riffs, hooks, choruses, sex and swagger, although there's enough going on lyrically to suggest more depth than just sharp songwriting.
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Jan 10, 2012If you got concussed during the first Pearl Jam tour and have only just come out of your coma, boy, have we got a great new sound for you.
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Jan 10, 2012An impressive debut.
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Feb 10, 2012Tribes are simply proving that they have an ear for writing brit-poppy rock, and in summary, Baby is a complete belter.
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Jan 17, 2012Although they mix styles enough to semi‑redeem themselves, they're still some way short of living up to their influences.
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Jan 13, 2012It comes across as unimaginative and rather needy when applied to the singer Johnny Lloyd;s wistful inbetweeen reminiscences of fumbled romance and aimlessly anthemic pleas for decisive direction.
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Jan 10, 2012It's spirited enough, neatly sequenced, but perhaps lacks the ingenuity to rework its influences into something that feels new.
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Jan 17, 2012It's wholly derivative, yet the tuneful, instantly gratifying choruses often trump one's desire to play spot the influence.
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Feb 10, 2012Ecstatic, raucous, spine-tingling and delivered in the only way they know, Baby is a piece of Tribes for their devoted followers to hold onto.