Swimming - French Kicks
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72 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The quartet from New York mixed and produced its own sophomore album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Filter
    80
    Swimming's arrangements and harmonies speak to a contemporary sensibility--one well aware that, for all the beauty of living in the moment, the moment still passes by. [Spring 2008, p.94]
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  2. Alternative Press
    80
    You could feel the Kicks reaching for this sort of grandeur in the more inspired moments of 2006's "Two thousands, " this time, they're bathing in it. [July 2008, p.158]
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  3. Village Voice
    80
    With catchy choruses (hear "Why, tell me why?/I don't know" once and it won't go away), assured self-production, and lyrics that lean on nobody's pen, it won't be long before people start comparing other bands to French Kicks, instead of the other way around.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    60
    French Kicks cannot rightly be pegged as a one-trick pony but the formulaic organisation of this record emphasises lushness at the sacrifice of any surprises.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. PG.
    9
    I really just enjoy hearing these guys. So nice.
  2. Colin
    7
    Sorry, I haven't actually heard this, but i needed to point out that this is definitely not their sophomore album. It's at least their third, maybe even fourth… Expand

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