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- Summary: The second album for the Australian indie-pop rock band was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat.
- Record Label: Nettwerk
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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| Treasure Hunt | |
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| I have a watch tower, I have the light that emulates, I have the key that fits, I have the love that radiates. We will be on the throne, We'll cast... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 7 out of 16
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Mixed: 9 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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A gorgeous, swoonsome album that electrifies and stimulates in all the right places.
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MojoFor Radio Wars, producer Dan Grech-Marguerat has opened out their sound, but the atmosphere of intrigue remains. [Apr 2009, p.98]
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Based solely on its musical sensibilities and lyricism one couldn’t say Radio Wars was a more mature effort than its predecessor. But given that it indicates its creators’ comfort in their being, it certainly sounds grown up.
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On their second album, Radio Wars, the Bells deliver billowy dream pop accented with atmospheric guitars, string arrangements and digitized beats.
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The album's first half conceals those weaknesses beneath dramatic arrangements, but the law of diminishing returns sets in by the midway point.
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Q Magazine[The new sound] works well on single 'Cities Burning Down,' which glides by catchily with a curious mix of muscle and lethargy, but it's less welcome on the cod-psychedlic 'Let's Be Kids' or the trite 'Golden Web,' both which are cosmetically seemless, but lack depth. [Apr 2009, p.105]
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Musically, it's all mid-tempo indie-by-numbers, shimmery enough to accompany an scene of upbeat emotion in Dawson's Creek; yet sufficiently credible, as indie so often is, to provide the soundtrack to a montage of trailers in an advert for a new Film 4 season.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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davewMar 10, 2009A stunning second album that presses all the emotional buttons plenty hard enough to have a strong impact.
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HalTMay 1, 2009Spectacular follow-up to their debut album.
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jamesaMay 10, 2009F*cking stunning.... more people need to HEAR for themselves.
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FredR.Jul 28, 2009
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ScottCApr 27, 2009
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AJTFJul 29, 2009There's already one Metric.
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RobertsJul 30, 2009Not half as good as their debut album. Adequate but forgettable.
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