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Q MagazineApr 23, 2014The combination of dreamy pop noir and the remorseless quality of the tunes suggest they'll soon be both big and clever. [May 2014, p.119]
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Mar 25, 2014Forcefield chiefly sounds more relaxed and natural, fully letting go of the stilted verses and swift tempos they’ve been gradually forgoing ever since A Lesson in Crime made such an immediate splash.
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Mar 24, 2014It’s unspectacularly solid stuff.
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Mar 21, 2014While fans of the band's more lo-fi beginnings may stare, open-mouthed, bemused at the central role played by synths on Forcefield, there's every chance they'll be gaining a whole slew of newbies, should these many choruses be set loose.
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Mar 20, 2014It’s a collection to bob your head and sing along to, something that will never go out of style.
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Mar 18, 2014For all its lack of idiosyncrasies, however, there’s a credibly unashamed attitude to creating perfectly fine pop songs.
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Mar 18, 2014Forcefield a passable, fun album.
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Apr 1, 2014If Forcefield is about hitting you in the moment, it does that. Sadly, much of it doesn’t last for the moment that comes next.
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Mar 27, 2014Tokyo Police Club’s signature sound, the niche that they carved out for themselves in a constantly fluctuating music scene (an emphasis on rhythm and abstract, maze-like lyrics with real emotion at their center) is almost completely gone, replaced by a rabid pop sensibility that sometimes works and sometimes really, really doesn’t.
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Mar 30, 2014
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Mar 30, 2014Really good...........................................................................................................................................
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Mar 31, 2014