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- Summary: This is the fourth full-length release for the British electronic duo of James Young and Aiden Whalley.
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- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Electronic, Garage, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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Q MagazineJun 25, 2020A record lyrically concerned with trying to find inner peace and a sense of community within a troubled wider world. Perfect sounds and sentiments for these times, then. [Summer 2020, p.98]
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Jun 29, 2020Daring and beautiful, ‘Civic Jams’ lays claim to a singular location within British music.
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Jun 25, 2020Though the album was written before the effects of a global pandemic bedded in, its motifs of isolation and distance speak clearly to our current moment – mourning for places to gather hit hard by the actual and symbolic sterilisation of public space.
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Jun 25, 2020Civic Jams is comforting in a way, but it generally conveys a sense of wanting to get back into the real world and feel the thrill of discovery and the excitement of shared experiences once again.
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Jun 25, 2020Burial is the most important influence across Civic Jams, but while his productions, his songwriting, his structures carry a real emotional heft, Darkstar sound for the most part as if they’re playing for time.
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