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  • Summary: This is the fourth full-length studio release for the electro-pop trio of Adam Blake, Johnny Blake and Stuart Price.
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  • Record Label: Embassy One
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance
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The Stars Are Bright
The Stars Are Bright Now I know that the stars are bright Gonna hold you tight forever Don't waste the days, don't waste the years Don't try to... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Uncut
    Sep 30, 2014
    70
    ZW have sensibly resisted the urge to shape their sound for arenas, the gaseous disco of "Coming Up For Air" and the darkly glittering instrumental "Elusive" underlining the poignancy that was always their trump card. [Nov 2014, p.84]
  2. Sep 30, 2014
    70
    The craft Zoot Woman bring to Star Climbing'a best moments continues to set them apart from the ever-growing number of similarly minded acts.
  3. Sep 30, 2014
    50
    So much promise and so little worth revisiting, Zoot Woman’s eagerly anticipated return to the electronic music scene rarely reaches the glittering heights of its shimmering title.
  4. 40
    His production work on this fourth album adds a brittle EDM crunch to their formula, but lacks enough choruses ripped from the candy-curled fingernails of the Pet Shop Boys to stop the likes of 'Chemistry' and 'Real Real Love' sounding painfully dated beside Jungle, La Roux or even Daft Punk.
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