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- Summary: The London-based band’s debut is full of fuzzy noise rock and guitar-heavy anthems, seemingly influenced by the ‘90s grunge era.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 35
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Mixed: 3 out of 35
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Negative: 1 out of 35
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Apr 5, 2011This array of whomping exotica reflects its creator's appetite for any Third World dance movement he can get his ears on, including such new ones on me as kuduro, barefoot, and -- from the mysterious depths of the District of Columbia -- Moombahton!
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Feb 11, 2011It's the seamless simplicity in which the record flows that defines this masterful debut.
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Feb 11, 2011Theirs is an easily digestible, less angst-ridden take on grunge, with a fizzing, infectious youthfulness to it. Definitely one to keep a close eye on this year.
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Feb 17, 2011The lyrics sound like the work of very young people striving for depth--Suck rhymes crucifixion, benediction, addiction and affliction in a kind of religion-and-drugs bingo--but given that they are very young, that can be forgiven.
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Mar 9, 2011The songcraft on display here indicates that a similar crossover future is not outside the realm of possibility for these young Brits.
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Mar 9, 2011They're not really revolutionary because there's nothing that ambitious in them. Rather they're content being a light Dinosaur Jr., making pleasant, noisy indie rock with tambourines and static that's more an aural treat than a mental stimulant.
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Dec 13, 2011I hated this kind of Lemonheads-lite, floral-dressed, clompety-booted, neurotic ninny inanity the first time round, I have absolutely no idea how anyone could be arsed to expend the (admittedly small) effort it takes to produce such a pointless photocopy ... [but] not even I can find it in my bitter heart to hate the Nickelodeon-Dinosaur Jr bounce of "Georgia" or the honey-toned amble of "Suicide Policeman".
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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Mar 31, 2011
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Feb 23, 2011
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Sep 4, 2011
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Dec 21, 2011Yuckâ
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Feb 23, 2011
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