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The Repulsion Box Image
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Beth Orton, PJ Harvey) produced this debut disc for the Glaswegian band.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Spin
    91
    Repulsion is like The Wild Bunch seen from the outskirts of Edinburgh, a European reflection of the stylized American West. [Aug 2005, p.99]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    A darn groovy good time. [2 Sep 2005, p.79]
  3. Urb
    80
    A raucous blend of rockabilly, country and '80s indie rock best listened to before a heavy night of Caledonian pint-drinkin'. [Sep 2005, p.112]
  4. If you can cope with the intensity, there are rewards aplenty to be found here - Sons And Daughters are the perfect group to fill the hole that The Delgados left when they split up last year.
  5. Sons & Daughters are far from perfect, but The Repulsion Box is an energetic, sometimes thrilling record by a band slowly but surely carving out a unique niche for themselves.
  6. Q Magazine
    70
    A wildly energetic record. [Jul 2005, p.120]
  7. A love of/obsession with antiquity can, at some point, become unbearable. To my ears, The Repulsion Box is one such ridiculous period piece.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. rert
    Aug 18, 2005
    10
    hi.
  2. JOSER
    Jan 4, 2007
    9
    Most bands never find their sound. Others do it in the fist record. Sons and Daughters did it. i am looking foward to the next chapter of Most bands never find their sound. Others do it in the fist record. Sons and Daughters did it. i am looking foward to the next chapter of their carrer. Expand
  3. MartiH
    Oct 25, 2005
    8
    Very good stuff and they were great live, as well.