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- Summary: The debut album for the Cardiff, Wales-based indie rock band was produced by David Newfeld.
- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 29
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Mixed: 6 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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The Welsh band's debut full-length captures more believable, crackling punk energy than most hardcore bands.
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Recommending this album seems too light a course of action; requiring it may be more apt. Consider Hold on Now, Youngster...highly required, then.
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FilterThe tasteful kiddy nature and contrastingly mature metaphors, literary lessons and appropriate disdain, all end with a sense of urgency, making for an impressively full album [Winter 2008, p.100]
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Hold On Now, Youngster... overflows with irony, pumping out bright indie-pop songs with titles such as “... And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison” and “This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics.’”
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Chock-full of glockenspiel, keyboards, hand claps and boy-girl harmonies, Youngster is playful and fun.
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However much Los Campesinos! need a good editor--both for its music and lyrics--a red pen would only ruin the fun.
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Alternative PressYoungster is only temporarily satisfying. [June 2008, p.135]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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MattH.Nov 24, 2008
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PaulCApr 26, 2008A solid, fun album you will find yourself listening to over and over again. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite albums of the year.
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AdamDMay 1, 2008
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IainM.Apr 4, 2008
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AlanF.Jan 10, 2009Wow. Refreshing smooth with energy, melody, and originality. Not trite, not too much. Please play loud.
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RichardB.May 26, 2008Great debut album, did take me a couple of run throughs to really like it, but its definitely worthy of being in anyone's record collection
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taptapMay 16, 2008
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