Welcome To Condale
by Summer Camp
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. BBC Music
    Nov 1, 2011
    80
    Like Bashkirtseff and Pomeroy before them, Summer Camp's debut marks a sincere, wryly appealing turning point in the art of romanticised retrospection.
  2. Clash Music
    Nov 9, 2011
    80
    Glorious singalong hooks and unashamed sass dominate the debut offering from indie writer Elizabeth Sankey and indie cult-hero Jeremy Warmsley.
  3. CMJ
    Nov 7, 2011
    80
    Sankey and Warmsley still have a lot to offer on Welcome To Condale, with Sankey's large vocal range that easily adapts to the feel of each song and Warmsley's ability to match her perfectly in background singing.
  5. Consequence
    Nov 4, 2011
    80
    On Welcome to Condale, Summer Camp evokes the feeling of an idealized vision of these adolescent days of summers past with some bittersweet and irresistibly catchy pop songs.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 1, 2011
    70
    Straight out of a John Hughes screenplay, Welcome to Condale pulls off the feat of being thoroughly POP--polished and plump, preened for the screen and sequinned to the hilt--yet, somehow, marvellously INDIE.
  7. Filter
    Nov 17, 2011
    72
    A dizzyingly sweet ride.
  8. musicOMH.com
    Nov 1, 2011
    90
    Throughout the record, Steve Mackey's production shimmers both warmly and vibrantly, sounding at once like a throwback from the 1980s and futuristic.
  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 1, 2011
    80
    Fractured techno, torch song balladry, oilsmoke rock'n'roll and soulful synth pop merge sublimely, all rooted in tales of romantic dislocation and repair.
  10. Paste Magazine
    Nov 14, 2011
    73
    Summer Camp's debut Welcome to Condale is a rather diverse affair for being essentially a good-time summer pop record.
  11. Prefix Magazine
    Nov 21, 2011
    75
    Thankfully, their lovable debut has more of the former than the latter. They know the importance of consistency and pacing and are only left with the task of fine-tuning their band on the road.
  12. The Independent (UK)
    Nov 4, 2011
    80
    Summer Camp's long-awaited debut album seethes with updated teen angst set to engaging electropop grooves.
  13. The Observer (UK)
    Nov 1, 2011
    80
    Welcome to Condale doesn't fetishise the past, its love-gone-wrong lyrics and snatches of chillwave lending Summer Camp a sound that is theirs alone.
  14. The Quietus
    Nov 14, 2011
    80
    Welcome to Condale is a refreshingly ambitious, variegated take on the 80s both conceptually and in its execution.
  15. Under The Radar
    Nov 2, 2011
    70
    The album is quite vibrant piece of '80s-flavored pop. [Oct 2011, p.103]
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  1. Belmsher
    Dec 16, 2011
    9
    WTC is ridiculously awesome. Every song is so infectious that i've got a bunch of them stuck in my head all day since the album leaked. EvenWTC is ridiculously awesome. Every song is so infectious that i've got a bunch of them stuck in my head all day since the album leaked. Even my parents start shoulder-shaking when I put on 1988 or Better off without you. Happy family.… Full Review »
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