Beat Pyramid - These New Puritans
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Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut album for the British band was produced by Gareth Jones.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. 80
    Balancing staccato rhythms and itchy guitars with a neat line in woozy, trance-like synthesisers, they have an oblique lyrical bent that's all their own. [Feb 2008, p.80]
  2. Cut adrift with its own bewildering reference points, peppered with glimpses of cryptic brilliance and slabs of deceptive nonsense, Beat Pyramid is a flawed patchwork masterpiece.
  3. Beat Pyramid begins and ends in the middle of the same sentence, literally and figuratively, but it doesn't come across as contrived or insincere, thanks mostly to Barnett, who conveys his words in a manner that is simultaneously solemn and half-winking, as if he knows they could be totally wrong, but he's going to say them like they're all he's got left, anyway.
  4. 60
    New Puritans sound best when living up to that Fall-derived name. [Feb 2008, p.113]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. OmarO.
    10
    This is a breath of fresh air. Anybody not familiar with These New Puritans will probably approach them with the idea, "Oh no , not another British indie band," but these guys really start to grow on you once you get to know them. The album is solid and every song stands well on it's own. These New Puritans will probably seem like another seem like just another indie band but this album shows that they provide an interesting sound that places them in a league of their own among their peers. Expand
  2. StevenH
    7
    These New Puritans pick up where Bloc Party left off. Very aggressive, dark, post punk. The lyrics are very repetitive which will probably turn some people off, but I went into this expecting a dance album (it isn't), so that didn't bother me. I did like it though, give it a shot if you liked Silent Alarm. Expand