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- Summary: The debut album for the Scottish alternative folk band was produced by Thomas McNeice (they originally worked with Jim Abbiss).
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- Record Label: Mercury
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 2 out of 11
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Mixed: 8 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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MojoApr 6, 2011It's rocky Americana: swaggering and infuriatingly satisfying. [Apr 2011, p.97]
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Dec 7, 2011Hope St. certainly won't be the most fashionable or credible album of 2011, but it's a consistently strong collection of old-school tunes which will provide the ideal soundtrack for any road trip, whether it's to California or to Cowdenbeath.
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Apr 5, 2011Kassidy have proved they're as serious about recording as they are performing and if their debut album is any indication, they're in it for the long haul.
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Apr 5, 2011It is, essentially, a pop record to stick on and sing along to. If that was Kassidy's aim, to have fun and make people dance, they've undoubtedly succeeded. But don't come looking here for anything more profound than that.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011Hope St. is an expertly crafted burst of energy. [May 2011, p.119]
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Apr 5, 2011It's all pleasant enough, but is clearly trying to be something it isn't, coming off rather shallow and lightweight as a result.
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Apr 5, 2011[They] not only resemble hoity-toity Fields Of The Nephilim lookalikes but are just as godawful to listen to.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 12, 2011
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