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Ultimately, on the strength of The Golden Mile, the longevity of The Peth seems, at best, questionable.
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Neither virtuosic nor devoid of a sense of pitch, he achieves something equally important to both in terms of significance--believability.
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The Golden Mile is more substantial: a very well-made rock record of perfect length (about 45 minutes) and contradictory catharsis.
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MojoThe Peth prove they're no mere cracked actors. [Oct 2008, p.110]
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Q MagazineThe end result is 10 songs that switch direction with ear-pricking regularity and generally avoid the sub-Oasis ladrock you might have expected Ifans to churn out. [Oct 2008, p.143]
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UncutA hazy, boozy affair that threatens to collapse at any time but is buoyed by good-times psychedelic pub-rock chuugers. [Oct 2008, p.105]
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Featuring actor Rhys Ifans, who's purported to be SFA's original singer from way, way back, the Peth (Welsh for "thing") make what sounds like psychedelic rock recorded in a pub, all claustrophobic and ear-ringingly fantastic, after the pile-up of pints has turned drunkenness into a not-so-silent lucidity.