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Mar 19, 2013What's clear about Hurts on Exile is how skilled Hutchcraft and Anderson are at seamlessly incorporating their influences, so you can hear the bands' inspirations in every line even as you marvel that this album is like nothing you've heard before.
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Q MagazineMar 11, 2013Ultimately, there's something delicious and monumental about Hurts.[Apr 2013, p.106]
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Mar 11, 2013It's on close personal terms with magnificence.
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Mar 11, 2013If you’re able to look past the campy facade and accept that this is purely a record of glimmering pop, it’ll be something you’ll cherish.
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Mar 11, 2013Because a grand and fabulous mode of theatre pervades everything about this band, you’re often a few degrees off completely connecting.
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Mar 11, 2013While the relentless realisation of their film-ready stylings may not be to everyone's tastes, the fact they're here at all in the first place is a cause worth celebrating in itself.
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Positive: 46 out of 55
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Mixed: 7 out of 55
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Negative: 2 out of 55
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