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- Summary: The third full-length release for British art rock band Mush was recorded with Lee Smith and Jamie Lockhart.
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- Record Label: Memphis Industries
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 8, 2022Guitarist Dan Hyndman's Marmite vocal could be a stylisation too far, but there's plenty else t love on this assured third album. [Summer 2022, p.79]
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Jul 8, 2022Retaining a societal consciousness, Down Tools is not so much a party record but one that surveys the damage after a storm, picking up the pieces with an increasing dose of humour as well as world weariness.
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Jul 8, 2022Down Tools shows Mush can smooth down their surfaces a bit and still sound challenging and subversively witty, and as long as they do, they'll be worth hearing.
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UncutJul 8, 2022Dan Hyndman supplies a reliably cryptic stream of absurdist prattle, though his decision to stick with largely adlibbed lyrics robs Down Tools of some of the force and focus of last year’s excellent Lines Redacted. [Aug 2022, p.30]