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  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the Swedish-based rock band was produced by Dan Carey.
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The Zoo
In the city left alone To the bottom no one talks Time is on my side Time is on my side In the city left alone To the bottom no one talks Time is on... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. May 19, 2016
    90
    A debut album containing no filler whatsoever, and a record that mirrors the ferocious intensity of those live shows to boot.
  2. May 18, 2016
    80
    Fresh, exhilarating and mesmerizingly addictive, Means is neither a limousine nor a Mini--it’s a triumph from start to finish.
  3. Dec 23, 2016
    80
    Fews sound excited by the prospect of overreaching themselves on a debut that has flaws, but is alive with possibilities.
  4. May 26, 2016
    70
    It’s a record that’s brimming with potential but which still has tonnes of room leftover for further improvement, which is exactly what the first entry in any band’s budding discography should be like.
  5. Jun 22, 2016
    70
    Ten spiny noise-pop jams that occasionally resemble New York contemporaries DIIV, and even bits of early era Cure, in their moody guitar styles.
  6. Q Magazine
    May 18, 2016
    60
    Traces of Interpol, The Chameleons and post-rock heavies Trans Am are all over these songs, but if Fews don't wear their influences lightly, they know how to show them off to dark advantage. [Jul 2016, p.106]
  7. 50
    As a whole, it’s just a shame that on Means, FEWS’ originality seems far between.

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