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Dec 7, 2012If State Hospital is an indication of things to come, then Frightened Rabbit should have 2013's unremittingly bleak indie rock scene sewn up.
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MagnetDec 4, 2012He conjures females with concrete blood and soldiers in coffins over the priciest anthemic ballast his new major label can buy. [No. 93, p.55]
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Nov 27, 2012If these songs are any indication, things will stay as gloriously sad as ever, but gain some sonic strength and polish.
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Oct 15, 2012Like last year's A Frightened Rabbit EP, State Hospital lacks some coherency in style, but its brevity makes this less of a problem.
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Oct 2, 2012This is an album's cutting room floor yet each song still retains Hutchison's instantly recognisable Scottish drawl, infectious hooks and intelligent lyrics.
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Sep 28, 2012The production sounds more expensive, but all the passion and intimacy of their previous work remains.
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Sep 27, 2012While State Hospital lacks for pure visceral pleasure, Hutchison can still convey such a deep, muscular ache in his vocals, indicating that Frightened Rabbit still know their strengths.
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Sep 25, 2012Even if four of these five songs on State Hospital are just castaways not included on the next year's record, this EP still manages to flow just fine on its own.
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Sep 25, 2012Fans will be pleased to find that the maturation evident between 2008′s critically acclaimed LP, The Midnight Organ Fight, and Mixed Drinks has been retained.
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Sep 25, 2012These 20 minutes are of a higher quality than many, many bands manage in a whole career.
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Sep 25, 2012It's a fine build-up to the Selkirk quintet's fourth album, due out early 2013.