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- Summary: The debut release for the alternative rock band reunites former members of The Fall: Brix Smith Start, Steve Trafford, Steve and Paul Hanley (guitarist Jason Brown, who was not a member of The Fall completes the quintet).
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- Record Label: Blang
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Oct 3, 2017One of the great indie-rock releases of the year. ... The new songs are what really impress, glowing with a sparky freshness few saw coming.
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Oct 12, 2017Part 2’s tracklist does find room for efficient new versions of songs Brix co-wrote for The Fall (LA, Feeling Numb and the enigmatic Hotel Bloedel) but they’re merely the icing on the cake here. Indeed, they’re arguably bettered by newly-minted songs such as the stomping, Big New Prinz-esque Something To Lose; the shape-throwing Damned For Eternity and the psych-pop candy floss of Moonrise Kingdom.
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UncutOct 3, 2017Significantly more wonderful than it is frightening. [Oct 2017, p.24]
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2017Revisitations of several Fall tunes, such as Hotel Bloedel from Perverted By Language, allow her glam spirit to shine, minus MES's obfuscation. New compositions are hot too. [Nov 2017, p.104]
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MojoOct 3, 2017Part 2 wins with the garage-guitar-pop of Hollywood and the hard edged though sugary Teflon. In keeping with Brix's own memoir, Part 2 suggests that pasts remain unpurged. [Nov 2017, p.100]