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  • Summary: The 10th full-length release for the Scottish indie pop band led by Duglas T. Stewart features a guest appearances from Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe.
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  1. May 25, 2017
    80
    Over the course of sixteen tracks here, we get a glimpse of both the glorious past and promising future of the Bandits.
  2. May 25, 2017
    80
    Stewart hasn’t deviated from his love of pop music history. He understands its nooks and crannies as well as its hooks and melodies and handles them with reverent care.
  3. May 25, 2017
    80
    It's one of the best records of their long run, and if Stewart and company keep making them this good, this real and this emotionally fulfilling, one can only hope they keep doing it forever.
  4. Uncut
    May 25, 2017
    70
    Bowlcut romantics will swoon for twinkly samba "Saveoursmiles" and "Love Me 'Til My Heart Stops" on his 10th LP, but as wistfulness gives way to despondency on "Rust" and an anguished take on West Side Story's "Somewhere," Stewart's idiosyncratic path feels like an increasingly lonely one. [Jul 2017, p.25]