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Feb 18, 2015So, it seems that band that once loved us all like madmen have mellowed and become more self-assured with age. But they've definitely not lost their spark.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015Ain't nothing original, but it feels--and sounds--mighty fine. [Mar 2014, p.98]
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UncutFeb 12, 2015Probably the closest anyone has come to capturing the 40-year-old virgin spirit of the seminal Modern Lovers album. [Mar 2015, p.84]
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Feb 12, 2015Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon is another collection that showcases the band’s strengths: Dave Tattersall’s winning way with a pithy short-story of a lyric, and hook-laden songs punctuated by bursts of savage lead guitar.
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Apr 6, 2015The Wave Pictures are a band sufficiently self-confident to take enough risks to keep themselves interested but without distancing themselves from their extant character, which Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon reveals is a durable and entertaining combination for the most part, even if a tad more lubrication would have helped to soften-up some of its drier corners.
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Feb 13, 2015It’s a messy record, in the best possible way: organic and live sounding, with few overdubs and little complication, tipping its hat constantly to its retro inspirationg.
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Feb 12, 2015It sounds like the start of another beautiful friendship.
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Under The RadarApr 17, 2015Execution-wise, it's perhaps a little too disjointed in nature. [Apr - May 2015, p.88]
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Feb 17, 2015Aalthough Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon is perhaps done little favours by its February release date; woozy summer drives are when it’ll really find its feet.
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Feb 20, 2015As it is, the album feels slightly cluttered by a surfeit of dry minutiae that calls for a cutting room floor of its own.