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- Summary: The third album from the London-based indie outfit.
- Record Label: Too Pure / Beggars Banquet
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Once again, Hefner has delivered what is sure to be one of the most original releases of the year.
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Admittedly, this is bedroom indie, but it's bedroom indie with strong production and songs that are always self-deprecating enough to not be self-pitying.
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A seedily romantic, kitchen-sink paean to London, We Love The City finds Hefner's previously wan guitar stylings given a coat of production lustre.
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It's hard to envisage anything this parochial moving beyond cult status.
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Hefner are at their best when they stick to their primary theme, which is love that's been confused, bruised and downright disappointed.
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Their passion for hating Margaret Thatcher, the royal family, and the tyrannical moves by Parliament is a common theme comically twisted throughout the dozen track set list on We Love the City.
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Attention to detail particularly benefits the lush and endearing "Good Fruit," the rare track wherein lovelorn earnestness replaces self-conscious repartee.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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amiMar 9, 2005Most phenomenal of all their albums - I can't stop listening
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KarlPFeb 7, 2004This is certainly not pub rock!! its beautiful, its witty and i love it!
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AliCJul 14, 2005
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