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- Summary: This is the debut album for the South London quartet.
- Record Label: Young Turks
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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| I don't have to leave any more What I have is right here Spend my nights and days before Searching the world for what's right here Underneath and... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 25
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Mixed: 1 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Mar 4, 2011It's hard to imagine their music getting much better. But it's not hard to imagine their lives getting much better. Which may be all their music needs.
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For a debut album it's brilliantly realised and contains not an inch of flab across its 11 songs. Debut album of the year? It's beyond doubt.
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It's a perfectly executed ending for an album whose understated pleasures will surely amount to one of the year's most treasured releases.
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It's difficult to imagine 'xx' having quite the seismic impact of that opus [Arcade Fire's debut], but the album will win many friends for its beautifully haunting, understated charms.
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UncutThe finished result occupies land between Young Marble Giants' "Colossal Youth" and Tricky's "Maxinquaye": not the equal of either of those landmark albums, maybe, but certainly cut from the same cloth. [Sep 2009, p.89]
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As overwrought as the lyrics are, the songs have an attractive, dreamy, atmospheric quality that helps the London band avoid embarrassing teen melancholy. It's also surprisingly hypnotic.
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Under The RadarTheir quest for a catchy chorus is often derailed by a love of hazy atmospherics, creating a soundtrack suited for little more than late-night navelgazing. [Fall 2009, p.72]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 83 out of 96
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Mixed: 9 out of 96
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Negative: 4 out of 96
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NickV.Jan 20, 2010Music these days is in essence utter shit. This is different.
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JanJ.Oct 7, 2009Well build up songs, great basslines and super darkish atmosphere!
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TroyP.Feb 14, 2010
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TomPAug 23, 2009Not saying too much, but this is still certainly the best album I've heard in 2009.
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CarolTNov 6, 2009Cool!
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ZbyszekK.Dec 14, 2009Yes! I like this album!
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LukeAug 24, 2009This is nonsense.
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