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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Belfast band sees the addition of Philip Quinn to the group.
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- Record Label: Slumberland
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Feb 26, 2013If Cathal Cully's aim was to leave the past behind then he's succeeded resoundingly, and created one of this year's most ungainly beautiful records in the process.
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Q MagazineMar 12, 2013It's a minor-chord menace, their darker surf-steeped vibe driven by steady percussion and hypnotic basslines. [Apr 2013, p.101]
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Dec 31, 2013The overall tempo has slowed, allowing for more instrumental variation and a chance for the band to explore the new musical terrain (which they thoroughly do).
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Mar 18, 2013Girls Names does not dwell on the dourness, but conquers and transforms it into a solace--a sound resulting from some hallucinatory fever like a Max Ernst painting, realizing the shadowy dimension parallel to this existence.
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Mar 8, 2013The New Life is a fully-formed long player that yields rewards over time, not just 50 minutes.
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Mar 5, 2013What the band is doing is creating a unique template of dark, post-punk, garage-y rock, often controlled and sometimes unleashed, that marks The New Life as one of the better albums released so far this year.
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Feb 20, 2013Moody. Loveless. One-paced. Monotonous. Dull.
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