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Into the Murky Water
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  • Summary: This is the second album for the British folk rock band twice nominated for the Ivor Novello award for songwriting.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Drowned In Sound
    May 11, 2011
    80
    What it will do is fill your ears, mind and spirit with a little shaft of sunlight that causes you to delight in the moment and experience.
  2. BBC Music
    May 11, 2011
    70
    It all adds up to a record for those who want thrills but don't want them dumb.
  3. AllMusic
    Dec 19, 2011
    70
    A charmingly lush and wistful affair which proves that their unexpected Ivor Novello nominations were no fluke.
  4. musicOMH.com
    May 11, 2011
    60
    Into The Murky Water allows some of the band's earnest demeanour to shine through, but ultimately it lacks the spark of its predecessor and it's difficult to love.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 11, 2011
    60
    Nobody's pretending this lot balance on the razor-sharp blade of the cutting edge. Even so, their orchestral whimsy presses the 'lovely, bordering on twee' button.
  6. Uncut
    May 13, 2011
    60
    It's an album inspired by Camus that's never less than intense. It;s also overwrought, as the taciturn voice and glum lyrics wrestle for space with manically busy strings and an unfortunate folk feel. [Jun 2011, p.87]
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  7. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    May 11, 2011
    60
    It's charming enough, but it's as well mannered as a picnic with Cath Kidston accoutrements.

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