Elephant Shoe - Arab Strap
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  • Summary: The third full-length from the Scottish outfit.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Nude As The News
    90
    The true strength of Elephant Shoe lies in its transcendent quality, in its ability to sweep you away with its hypnotic beauty and transport you to the heights of your own imagination.
  2. Spin Cycle
    80
    The trademark woeful brood is firmly intact. This time around, however, the Scottish duo has taken a slightly more playful approach to its music.
  3. Almost Cool
    80
    However slight it is, there's a measured optimism in some of the lyrics on the release that make the weight of things just a little easier to bear.
  4. Q Magazine
    40
    Moffat's half-sung, half-muttered confessionals still lurch between the pulsing beats and pensive instrumentation but the tone is now more funereal than carnal.

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