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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. 60
    There’s still enough dusty amplifier buzz and garagey thump to keep indie aesthetes happy, but intentionally or not, Spectrals now sit in a sonic nook which most resembles the stolid pre-punk orthodoxy of pub rock.
  2. Jun 13, 2013
    45
    Sob Story is a good time, but the party clears out as soon as the record stops spinning. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.91]
  3. Magnet
    Jul 17, 2013
    60
    The Style Council-style blue-eyed soul and precise power pop of the debut now have some company that doesn't work, like the '70s Nashville countrypolitan exercise of the title track. [No. 100, p.51]
  4. Jun 20, 2013
    60
    It’s always good to know there’s someone out there still doing straight-up guitar pop without irony or pretense.

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