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Jan 11, 2016The simple guitar leads and shared lead vocals of Cosials and Perrote are charming in their ramshackle way and their quirky back-and-forth interplay is the glue that holds it all together.
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Nov 3, 2016Not quite a party record, Leave Me Alone fuels messy rock with sunny guitar lines.
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Jan 27, 2016Adhering to basic rock formalism, the all-women quartet captures a raw primitivism that’s undeniably appealing in an era when most mainstream rock acts are as manicured as Bravo housewives. Unfortunately, too many songs like “I’ll Be Your Man,” a sleepy (hungover?) stab at hooky, sunshine rock, seem like first drafts.
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Jan 5, 2016Making an old model feel fresh is no easy task, but Hinds largely accomplish it, embracing the intriguing sloppiness of their predecessors while making steps on their own.
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Jan 8, 2016They stick to their guns, and they end up emphasising their rough-around-the-edges strengths.
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Jan 11, 2016The result is a more sober work than the group anticipated--sad, even (their words)--but an unexpectedly lovely one for being just so.
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Jan 7, 2016It’s contagious; every song sounds like a party
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MojoJan 7, 2016A debut packed with infectious fun. [Feb 2016, p.94]
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Jan 14, 2016While Leave Me Alone has its flaws as an album, it’s the perfect summation of where Hinds find themselves at the moment. And when the sunny riffs of Castigadas En El Granero kick in, you’ll want to follow them to see where they’re going in the future.
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Jan 7, 2016Part of what makes Leave Me Alone such a blast is the impression it gives of Hinds as a tight-knit girl gang, on and off record.
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Jan 12, 2016Leave Me Alone is giddy with joy, cackling with sun-drenched vibes and that captivating youthful energy, and it’s impossible to listen to tracks like Easy, Chili Town and San Diego without leeching off it.
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Jan 5, 2016Leave Me Alone manages to be a nostalgic album that nevertheless lives in the moment.
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Jan 5, 2016The best moments on Leave Me Alone occur when Cosials and Perrote are going all-out, belting together without restraint.
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Jan 6, 2016You may leave Hinds’ debut with a hangover but you’ll likely be smiling. Either way, a fuzzy glow is guaranteed.
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Mar 18, 2016It really only hopes to make you smile with smart twin harmonies and silly lyrics. On those terms, Leave Me Alone is a unqualified success.
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Q MagazineJan 7, 2016It's impossible not to be swept up in the exuberance. [Feb 2016, p.111]
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Jan 5, 2016This great garage-rock crew from Madrid folds decades of naïf-rock history into its craftily shambling tunes.
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Jan 7, 2016Leave Me Alone is a friendly, enthusiastic album of coppery six-strings glinting in the sunlight with the more-than-occasional flat note, scuffing up the album’s already sand-blasted texture with an endearing scrappy quality.
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Jan 8, 2016Hinds have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with on Leave Me Alone.
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Jan 7, 2016Hinds are great because of two crucial factors. They have bags of tunes--opener Garden is loaded with 60s soul hooks, for instance--and bags of charm, adopting the clatter of C86 but updating it with a riotous rush of freewheeling, girl-gang energy.
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Jan 5, 2016Leave Me Alone is flawed, but its flaws are what makes it so beguiling.
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Jan 11, 2016They peak with the surf-influenced Warts, which sounds like nothing so much as a riot grrrl take on Bossanova-era Pixies. Elsewhere, the meandering lack of focus can grate, as on forgettable instrumental Solar Gap.
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Jan 26, 2016It's the peppiest, jauntiest, most charismatic debut you’ll likely find in the next 12 months.
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UncutJan 7, 2016Their debut has a raucous charm that makes it easy to overlook their songs' emotional punch. [Feb 2016, p.77]
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Jan 5, 2016While much of the record feels bandaged together, coordinated sounds like the breezy "Castigadas En El Granero" suggest more nuanced possibilities to come. But for now, it's worth embracing the retrograde, sticky-taped songs of Leave Me Alone for what they are: nothing new, but still a little bit special.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 45
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Mixed: 7 out of 45
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Negative: 1 out of 45
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