User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Summary: This is the debut album for the English rock quartet who share the same last name.
Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Record Label: Electric Toaster
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 4 out of 7
-
Mixed: 3 out of 7
-
Negative: 0 out of 7
-
Mar 24, 2011Much like the performance that has forever etched the band into my brain, this LP has a whole lot of showmanship and theatricality, but under the surface it's a refreshing take on the post-punk movement.
-
Mar 16, 2011Burn Your Town makes a refreshing change from your average debut indie LP for a couple of primary reasons. Firstly, it's showcasing a band who, rather than going down the easy route, actually care a lot more about first impressions than most of their contemporaries. Secondly, it hints that they could grow and mature nicely.
-
Mar 16, 2011They're not so much fiddling while Rome burns as clattering bass and drums magnificently while they take a torch to Redcar.
-
Mar 16, 2011Once you strip away all this nonsense, The Chapman Family's music is thunderous and well produced.
-
Mar 16, 2011With a little more focus and a little less self-doubt, The Chapman Family's second record should easily surpass this still pleasing statement of future intent. Just so long as they don't take too much time recording it.
-
UncutMar 29, 2011Too late for success, maybe, but identity crisis (narrowly) avoided. [Apr 2011, p.84]
-
Q MagazineApr 6, 2011The admirable rhetoric might mean something were it not backed by such a generic pastiche of Editors/White Lies/Interpol, all cavernous bass and drums and two-note guitar solos. [Apr 2011, p.98]