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Whether or not you choose to accept it, the FACT is that Scotland's own Hutchinson brothers have created a sweet and powerful collection of tunes with The Midnight Organ Fight.
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It's Hutchison's utterly believable desperation and frank lyrics that push the whole thing from good to great.
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Here there can be no snobbish derision and calls of 'selling out' or playing to the average man; in creating an album showcasing the very best of the band’s talents they have created one so perfectly fit for, as Scott so vividly puts, “the soft, soft static” of popular radio.
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Their jangly melodies claw their way inside your brain just the same, making them latest in a long line of Glasgow bands to effortlessly combine celebratory sonics and miserablist lyrics into something singular.
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This is the least fashionable album I have heard in ages, and all the better for it.
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MojoWhat might sound like a depressing work of angsty indulgence is in fact an uplifting record of angular alt-folk. [June 2008, p.108]
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Q MagazineMidnight Organ Fight more than delivers on its promise: tons of spiky energy, proper tunes and a real lyrical bite to the likes of The Modern Leper. [June 2008, p.149]
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The album is singularly focused yet emotionally visceral, refining and sharpening the band’s rousing sprawl.
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MagnetThe Midnight Organ Fight's bloodied-but-unbowed lyrics stand up to repeated listening even on the fastest cutes. [Summer 2008, p.106]
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The Midnight Organ Fight is sharper, more polished, and better in parts than "Sing the Greys." There’s only one unfortunate downside. This sharper, more polished effort displays fewer of the things that made the first album so enjoyable.
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The Midnight Organ Fight is cleaner, more polished, and establishes that the group is indeed maturing, but thankfully not losing themselves.
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Hutchison and his bandmates reward patience as well as repeated listens, and they deserve credit for unearthing a unique chunk of the Scottish heart, raised on equal parts American punk and traditional folk and bleeding beautifully.
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Amid such scene-upending sentiments, the band's all-too-Glaswegian moniker represents a clever case of bait and switch. [May 2008, p.98]
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Under The RadarThere's a lot of beauty in The Midnight Organ Fight, but there’s a bit of bloat as well. [Summer 2008]
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Overwrought second album from Glaswegian indie quartet.
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UncutThe world-view is challenging and heart-felt, the playing deft, the conviction clear. [June 2008, p.88]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 53 out of 59
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Mixed: 1 out of 59
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Negative: 5 out of 59
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Jul 13, 2018Might be the most emotional album from Frightened Rabbit and it's **** beautiful.