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Making Dens - Mystery Jets
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74 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: 'Dens' is the debut LP for England's Mystery Jets, who are led by vocalist Blaine Harrison and whose guitarist is Blaine's 55-year-old father, Henry.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Bypassing traditional melodies and obvious aesthetics, Mystery Jets have arrived at an unusually original pop album of the most exuberant order.
  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    This is a fantastic, passionate and wonderfully eccentric debut album that's also a thrilling advert of what's to come.
  3. Mojo
    60
    There are a couple of songs hidden away in the backwaters of their patchy debut which hint at something much better. [Apr 2006, p.88]
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. NickF
    9
    Amazing debut from the Mystery Jets. Songs like You Can't Fool Me Dennis and Soluble in Air are immediate classics.
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  2. haeranc.
    9
    nicely shambolic, as people say.
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  3. SamG
    9
    I'd love to give this a 10 but, for me, "Little Bag of Hair" and "Making Dens" just drag it back a bit. With that out of the way, Zootime is no less than one of the greatest songs this century.… Expand
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