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Mar 4, 2013In the same way as records like the Buzzcocks' Singles Going Steady, the Smiths' Hatful of Hollow, or even Weirdo Rippers by No Age, the incremental blasts of brilliance collected in one place as Early Fragments fit together perfectly, capturing a remarkably intriguing band at various peaks.
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Mar 4, 2013The contents of Early Fragments display exactly what the cover promises: a beautiful set of songs that don’t quite fit together, more variations on a theme than a unified album.
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Mar 4, 2013It serves us like a well-bound photo album which we can flick through and see snapshots of the band at certain moments in their short, yet successful, life so far.
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Mar 26, 2013Early Fragments is exactly that--a bit fragmented, given that none of the songs were written to sit alongside each other. But as ‘Seer’ suggests, there could be quite a future for Fear Of Men, and this release could start it all.
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Mar 25, 2013What I hear is basically a mildly enjoyable set of songs, whose lackadaisical delivery and spacey major second chords could easily accompany my Sunday afternoon nap.
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Apr 29, 2013As the name suggests, the tracks on Early Fragments are disjointed in terms of their release date and the band’s maturity. But this is to their credit, as the juxtapositioning only adds to the unpolished, lo-fi nature of their material.
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Mar 4, 2013What falls from the mouth is indeed valuable, in the case of Fear of Men.
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013This is a superb record that harks to '80s indie pop with out succumbing to doe-eyed nostalgia, and evinces a sophistication in songwriter that augurs even greater things to come. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.99]