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  • Summary: The sixth full-length solo release for Eric Goulden under the Wreckless Eric name is his first in three years.
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  1. Apr 5, 2018
    90
    And this one, too, is as sardonic and soulful, as hilariously outraged and superbly tuneful as any rock-pop record you’ll hear in 2018.
  2. Apr 9, 2018
    90
    The album feels open-hearted and mischievous, a combination that is disarming upon the first listen and nourishing upon subsequent plays.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 29, 2018
    80
    Amid all the bleakness and despair, Goulden emerges as a true shining light. [May 2018, p.92]
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 29, 2018
    80
    Gut-wrenching, heart-rendering and brilliant. [May 2018, p.114]
  5. Uncut
    Mar 29, 2018
    70
    Not a while world away from the primitive throb of his Stiff pomp. [May 2018, p.37]
  6. Mar 29, 2018
    60
    There’s a nervous energy throughout, as if his whole wide world might collapse at any second. Yet, at the heart of the sonic mayhem is his ever-dependable literacy, a knack for a tidy little phrase that rings with truth above the fuzz and feedback of his guitar.
  7. May 15, 2018
    60
    Eric’s new album Construction Time & Demolition is all the title implies, an erratic set of songs that’s decidedly left of center but boasting the ebullience and energy that’s so critical to his motif.
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