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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 14, 2014
    80
    Warm and beautiful music. [Mar 2014, p.117]
  2. Feb 5, 2014
    80
    From the barroom country-rock of Shouting Match to the tear-stained seasonal misgivings of A Very Sorry Christmas, the whimsical warmth of If Only You Knew Her and the back porch baroque of Out Of The Lime, this is perfect and brilliantly realised melodic pop.
  3. Jan 27, 2014
    80
    While it would be a shame to let the Mendicants' future impede the progress of any new records by the group's flagship bands, this is a wonderful debut and certainly worthy of a follow-up album.
  4. Mojo
    Jan 24, 2014
    80
    It's all expertly crafted stuff. [Feb 2014, p.94]
  5. Feb 4, 2014
    70
    Approachable yet sly, clever but heartbreaking, Into the Lime is another great set from players who seem to have their lion’s share of those already.
  6. Jan 27, 2014
    70
    This a welcome shot of vitamin D in the cruellest month of the year where summer seems to be an eternity away while the filling of tax return forms only adds to the harshness of January.
  7. Uncut
    Jan 24, 2014
    70
    A great leap backwards. [Feb 2014, p.80]
  8. Jan 24, 2014
    60
    Ultimately Into The Lime is a fun, if rather unexciting album.
  9. Jan 24, 2014
    60
    Although all the songs are credited to both, plus drummer Mike Belitsky, half the fun comes from guessing who's the lead writer on the songs, even though Pernice sings almost all the leads.

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