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- Summary: The fourth full-length studio release for the British post-punk band was produced by Dennis Bovell and Hank Shocklee.
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- Record Label: Freaks R Us
- Genre(s): Experimental, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk
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UncutNov 22, 2016The angry bricolage of noises, voices, stabbing guitar and jittery programmed drums sounds like the world splitting apart, the first of a series of scarified dubscapes created by The Pop Group and their perfect collaborators. [Jan 2017, p.28]
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Oct 27, 2016Vocalist Mark Stewart’s unending salt-and-vigour vocals on songs like City Of Eyes and Zipperface combine brilliantly with a space-dub electro palette, and the results are thrilling.
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MojoOct 28, 2016It's clear that The Pop Group are back in full swing. [Dec 2016, p.90]
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Q MagazineOct 27, 2016In short: challenging stuff. [Dec 2016, p.113]
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Nov 2, 2016Instant Halo is a reminder that the band's deepest roots are not in the snappy guitars of post-punk, nor the industrial-electro beats that inspired the likes of Trent Reznor, but a dub foundation that ensures the The Pop Group remain as danceable as they are confrontational.
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Jan 9, 2017The Pop Group’s name has always been a bit ironic, but strangely enough, a more focused, fine-tuned, pop sensibility is what they needed here to make this album a more accessible type of strange.
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Oct 31, 2016While the results are unfailingly envelope-pushing, coherent songs are few; Zipperface comes closest, but too often tracks go off on tangents just as momentum is building.
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