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Aug 29, 2013It’s full of pitch-perfect songs, but it will lead to digging for the real emotion, the heart buried somewhere at the center.
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Aug 9, 2013Ultimately though, what saves Big TV from mediocrity isn’t its ambition, but its hooks.
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MojoAug 13, 2013Production detail aside, their is little tinkering with their formula. [Sep 2013, p.91]
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Aug 8, 2013It may not have the instant appeal of To Lose A Life, but the combination of the running narrative and a host of memorable hooks make it their most consistent record to date.
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Aug 12, 2013As a whole, though, the album’s overall feel is still deadeningly generic.
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Aug 22, 2013Big TV is a solid album, and it very much retains the White Lies sound. For existing fans it’s worth a listen, and it certainly won’t offend, but it probably won’t convert many new ears.
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Aug 16, 2013It's a pleasant enough listen, and the hooks are plentiful, but White Lies don't appear to want to completely engage their audience in the album's prevalent, genuinely important message that contemporary success can be deceptively shallow when sought under duress.
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Aug 8, 2013As in the work of Simon Le Bon and Jim Kerr, an amalgam of which singer Harry McVeigh theatrically channels, dumb lyrics can be mitigated by robust anthems.
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Aug 12, 2013For all their melodic nous, though, White Lies often sounded like the barely-not-teenagers they were; fixating on the downside, inflating everything out of all proportion.
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UncutAug 7, 2013Portentous electronic rock made for audiences that stretch out as far as the eye can see, and choruses pilfered from a mid-'80s installment of Now That's What I Call Music! [Sep 2013, p.97]
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