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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Spanish indie rock band was produced by Jenn Decilveo.
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- Record Label: Mom + Pop Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Jun 3, 2020The Prettiest Curse is their finest work to date – full of assurance and poise, and still an absolute riot.
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Jun 5, 2020The Prettiest Curse shows the band at their expected peppy standard, maintaining the youthful punk-cum-surf-rock vigor they’ve built their name on for damn near 10 years. They’ve grown up, whether they meant to or not, but they haven’t lost their edge. They’ve merely sharpened it with their best work to date.
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Jun 5, 2020There may be some subtle shifts here and there, but overall, The Prettiest Curse revels in the simple pleasures of big hooks, chunky chord changes, and sing-a-long melodies.
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Jun 3, 2020The Prettiest Curse is infectious without being syrupy, fresh instead of juvenile. This is messy pop music that captures the vibrancy of youth without being childish.
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Jun 5, 2020On ‘The Prettiest Curse’, they’ve taken their sound and unashamedly experimented with it. They’re all the better for it.
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Jun 8, 2020‘The Prettiest Curse’ is packed with grooves, hooks and riffs, and from the opening bass drum to the closing fade, not a single beat is missed.
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Jun 4, 2020After three albums about the same thing, Hinds haven’t shown any real progression by shedding their lo-fi trappings; instead they’ve just unearthed their shortcomings.
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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Jun 22, 2020Worthies of staying in my library (2/10):
- Good Bad Times
- Take Me Back -