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- Summary: Eight songs from the British rock band's 2015 self-titled release were reworked for this "mini-LP."
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- Record Label: Pink Flag
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| I dressed and I showered Before I awoke I was fit for one purpose I was going for broke I brushed out my trail Concealed my advance Changing wheels... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Apr 22, 2016Fifteen albums into its career, the band has never sounded more ready to rip up its playbook and forge ahead into new territory.
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May 4, 2016Nocturnal Koreans, the band’s 15th album, forgoes power for stillness, and manages the unprecedented: It’s the best thing they’ve done in 14 years.
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Apr 21, 2016Aat its best this reassuringly svelte and only occasionally sparse eight-track EP is a thing of beauty.
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MojoMay 24, 2016A more austere, exploratory affair. [Jul 2016, p.97]
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Apr 28, 2016True to that nighttime scene-setter, Nocturnal Koreans ranks among Wire’s most musically relaxed releases, with Newman mostly singing in calm, sometimes hushed tones. But it’s only relaxed in the sense that a sleepless night in your bedroom is relaxed.
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MagnetJun 1, 2016While the current incarnation knows its strengths and weaknesses; Nocturnal Koreans is the latest in a late-career winning streak the band has been on since 2008’s Object 47. [No. 131, p.61]
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Apr 21, 2016Although comprised of re-worked leftovers from last year’s excellent Wire album, Nocturnal Koreans finds the band still managing to find new routes to take away from that tightly-focused project.
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