Clash Music's Scores
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For 3,876 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | Dead Man's Pop [Box Set] | |
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Lowest review score: | Wake Up! |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,246 out of 3876
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Mixed: 601 out of 3876
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Negative: 29 out of 3876
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A record with a message that is so authentically her that almost has no other way but to convey a bright but somewhat melancholic future.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 15, 2023
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It’s a wonderful record, one to wrestle with, one that lingers at odd moments of the day and night. Allow it to seek you out.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 5, 2016
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With echoes of Lou Reed in many of the tracks, including ‘What Makes Him Act So Bad’ and ‘Cigarette Burns Forever’, and faint hints of Green’s previous work with the Peaches in others - ‘Oh Shucks’ - ‘Minor Love’ sees Green marry his roots with the new directions he’s taking, and comparison to the tape recorder fodder of old isn’t so hard make anymore.- Clash Music
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The feel is consistently of an eerie twilight, perched high above a near-future city.- Clash Music
- Posted May 6, 2013
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It’s the sound of ‘60s experimentation smashed stunningly into the present day.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 12, 2014
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On this record Fat White Family solidify their status as a one of Britain’s most unique voices, and ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’ is the strongest example yet of the band’s caustic creativity.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 25, 2024
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While Indigo is no groundbreaker, it’s exciting for an album with so much nostalgia to sound as fresh and pristine as this.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 4, 2018
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An emphatic show of force that frequently taps into outright brilliance. As an album it's not without fault, but as a cultural event it's largely without peer.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 19, 2021
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[The album] adds - for the most part - a more expansive dimension to their sound.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 29, 2012
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Taught and lean, bold and mean, Blood Red Shoes are fighting fit and Fire Like This might just be their knock-out punch.- Clash Music
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Still confused but back on form, The Streets' final album (Skinner wants to make a film) sees a return to garage beats and square-eyed observations from a life staring at pixels on screens.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 15, 2011
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Listened to while watching Georges Méliès suitably trippy sci-fi spectacle, it makes for a brief, but enchanting, experience.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 15, 2012
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- Posted Oct 7, 2013
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- Posted May 2, 2012
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Dark Eyes suggests they have the potential to be massive, if they can just work that out.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 9, 2013
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The main problem with this is that her voice is too wispy to hold its own versus the maximalist rave-pop of the day.... On top of this, Delirium just hasn't got the songs.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 4, 2015
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Intense and claustrophobic, it's a surprisingly revelatory record that captures the highs and lows of human experience and existence.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 23, 2012
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Luckily the album is the group's strongest and most enjoyable album to date. ... There are moments however when things quite work as well as on their previous albums, but these are the moments that are the most interesting and exciting.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 29, 2019
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The first half of the LP is phenomenal.... Despite some scorching vocal interplay, there’s a noticeable drop in quality on later tracks.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 28, 2014
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Taking his muse from the voyeuristic photographs of Man Ray, each note drips with sex and death.- Clash Music
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It's a solid and honourable return for a singer who has rarely disappointed.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 25, 2011
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With more attention paid to plucked triads and syncopation than packing any sort of resolute punch, This Is All Yours just can’t see the wood for the trees.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 8, 2014
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A curious oddity, Moonlight indicates that there’s far more to Hanni El Khatib than meets the eye.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 20, 2015
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Overall, it's the record you wanted--and expected--AlunaGeorge to make three years ago. It'd be good to see them kick on, though; you still get the feeling they've an even better record in them.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 28, 2016
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There's nothing that innovative or thought-provoking, but that's hardly the point. It’s freaky, it’s naughty, it’ll get your head nodding.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 2, 2017
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Taking listeners on a trippy journey through a landscape of organic musical complexity, there are also Beastie Boys vocal nods similar to those found in ‘Sadie Sorceress‘ from last year’s ‘Omnium Gatherum‘ release. Combining techno, disco, electronic and rap, this makes for a truly special combination.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 25, 2023
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These twelve abstract and minimal tracks rather act as perfect soundscapes to accompany your dreams and introspections.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 28, 2012
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Who cares if Stoltz listens to the Kinks and Beatles too much when he sings like an angel?- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 25, 2010
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The chilled, languorous template delivers on value, but offers little else and you can’t help but feel like these are unnecessary filler tracks. At its core, ‘Scarlet’ is an interesting exploration into the world of ego trips, the trappings of fame, escapism and novelty, a welcome deviation with a heightened sense of maturity and finesse.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 22, 2023
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With more revealed in every listen, Another Eternity shows that there's much more to Purity Ring than initially meets the eye.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 13, 2015
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- Posted Aug 14, 2013
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- Posted Apr 16, 2012
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This a confident and beautifully made record and props for a band evolving their sound as any group with real longevity tends to do. There’s not quite the cohesive drama of their first effort but there’s plenty of gems to be found here.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 10, 2016
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For the most part, though, this seems like a step in the wrong direction: a Nicki Minaj album from somebody who’s thoroughly fed up of being Nicki Minaj.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 8, 2015
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CALM is a refreshing evolution from the days of their self-titled debut. Their latest effort is by no means perfect, but the album is a testament to their growth.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 9, 2020
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If perhaps lacking something as standout as ‘Mess Around’ or ‘Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked’, it is a welcome return for the Kentucky rockers showing after nearly 20 years together they still know how to groove.- Clash Music
- Posted May 16, 2024
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As The Last Shadow Puppets, Kane and Turner have served up an exquisite offering that is melodically rich, diverse, and more complex than its predecessor, centred around a collection of undeniably terrific tunes.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 12, 2016
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- Posted Aug 26, 2013
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Most of the tracks’ narratives are undecipherable and consistently scatterbrained. Not to mention that the panoramic mixing of the guitars, while being a band trademark, make it difficult to focus on more than one aspect of a song at a time.- Clash Music
- Posted May 3, 2017
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An undeniably innovative slant lies at the forefront of this LP, as well as a warming glow to soundtrack impending winter nights.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 30, 2017
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‘Serpentina’ speaks to her craft, elevating her talents as a musician as she sheds through her layers and births a new and transformed performer.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 8, 2022
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Madame X isn’t just an album (if it is that at all) – it’s an opera, or a comedy of errors. It’ll make you feel confusion, frustration, happiness and maybe joy, but it will definitely make you feel.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 11, 2019
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Crafting a solid set of songs that hold their own among break-out singles is no mean feat, but the Sydney trio have pulled it off--in the main, at least.- Clash Music
- Posted May 10, 2018
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Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Ronson can certainly put an album together.- Clash Music
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- Posted Nov 17, 2011
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The understated nature of the score makes it doubtful this will bag many awards or turn many heads but, never mind: grab some headphones and enjoy the ride.- Clash Music
- Posted May 18, 2015
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Organic, intimate and well worth adding to anyone's collection. Grab that jumper and enjoy.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 16, 2015
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The album not only delivers O’Connor's signature use of bubbly synths, electric pianos and programmed beats that instantly make you feel good, but it also serves as a lesson on learning how to heal and move on.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 10, 2022
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Splicing the spirit of ancient Viking alcoholics with some red-hot Jamaican jah, BSP are finally having fun.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 11, 2011
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Four is an accessible album, filled with heavy questions about what love really means, posed through sensitive and dramatic arrangements.- Clash Music
- Posted May 6, 2013
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While Bailey’s true-to-self, organic approach on Revelations should be celebrated, the record serves more as a transition than a defining peg in Bailey’s young career.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 4, 2017
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‘Actual Life 3’ confidently guides us into an exciting future for UK club culture and encourages us to never forget what we nearly lost.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 28, 2022
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It’s the ninth studio album to bear the Pumpkins brand, and probably the seventh that wouldn’t find a single track making most fans’ side-of-a-C90 best-of. But it delivers what it promises: songs by Billy Corgan that sound enough like the ones you recall loving as a teenager.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 15, 2014
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It seems to fall between two stools, not supplying enough arena-filling arrogance while never truly indulging the more surprising elements of their record collections.- Clash Music
- Posted May 5, 2017
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Everything about it works, from the lo-fi artwork, to the lingering samples, measured basslines and sedate beats, but there is a feeling of urgency and gravity to these tracks.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 20, 2019
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From the shoegaze-tinged jangle-pop of 'Future Love', to the dreamy indie of 'Clouds of Saint Marie', Ride sound incredibly fresh-faced.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 8, 2019
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Never deviating from course, Sugar At The Gate adds one more stitch to the tightly-wrapped DNA that makes TOPS so immersive and enjoyable, its ten glossy songs bearing all the marks of a band that has taken yet another step toward mastering their craft.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 15, 2017
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- Posted Jul 8, 2011
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Amen & Goodbye is undoubtedly a strong return but also one that’s just a couple of tracks short of something genuinely great.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 29, 2016
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It’s when EOB dares to experiment that 'Earth' really lifts off. The erratic, rumbling distortion of 'Mass' is as eerie as the thought of space itself, where his sounds tell a greater story than words ever could.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 16, 2020
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- Posted Feb 6, 2013
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‘Born Pink’ gifts fans a mixture of commanding hip-hop tracks, satisfying pop tracks and affecting piano ballads.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 16, 2022
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Despite his obvious talents as a pop-soul vocalist, you're left with the impression that Woon is far more interesting when he's wearing his producer hat, but we'll keep a sturdy eye on his every move regardless.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 25, 2011
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We really want to like Lantern for its originality; its bravery and its attempt to grasp a genuine uninhibited euphoria that isn't easy pull off. Sadly it just misses the mark way too often and leaves you with fleeting glimpses of what could have been a very exciting album.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 13, 2015
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At times it's testing, but there are flashes of phenomenal creative genius here that are destined to manifest further.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 2, 2012
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For the most part Know-It-All is a debut that allows the unfiltered voice of a refreshingly real, young star-in-the-making to shine through.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 9, 2016
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The world of hip-hop and rap is changing and, while Future’s pattern works well, it becomes slightly repetitive with every listen.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 22, 2019
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It is so easy to reach in blindly and pull out a well-produced track with a decent guest appearance and Smoke at his lyrical best. However, the album doesn’t stray too far from the genre, it isn’t by any means innovative.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 6, 2020
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- Posted Sep 17, 2015
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Ultimately, this album is a timely, much-needed, reminder of the fact that while suffering is inevitable, so is our resilience in the face of hardship.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 27, 2020
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At times, ‘Only Built For Infinity Links’ leans too heavily on the past, and comes close to being simply Migos without Offset – as opposed to a project with its own taste and flavours. At its best, though, the record more than justifies the excitement – the post-Migos landscape is looking very inviting indeed.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 17, 2022
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Over the course of the album, the grandiosity gets wearying, and Jamie Sutherland occasionally sounds like Vic Reeves in full club singer mode. But, at its best, Let Me Come Home is a thing of troubled beauty.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 11, 2011
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Together with bassist Micayla Grace, their second album is an all-round punkier, slicker, catchier and heavier affair.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 31, 2016
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- Posted Jul 9, 2015
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Overall, whilst Semicircle does contain obvious flaws, this chapter of The Go! Team is here to have a good time and hopes you are too. And who can knock them for that?- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 29, 2018
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The self-confessed non-DJ plays stylishly to the dancefloor's edge, flirting a little with the background before headline interjections from Bok Bok, Untold and 2562 yank you back to centre square.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 21, 2011
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- Posted Feb 1, 2012
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Sleigh Bells might have got a little softer on us, but they haven’t lost their charm.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 3, 2013
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Richly textured and finely detailed, Invisible In Your City goes moreishly deep.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 4, 2013
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While it may not quite measure up to their very best work, this is still utterly unlike anything else you’ll hear this year.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 12, 2014
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It's a real labour of love where every track has not only been meticulously thought about and placed, but it's clear that Hopkins has thought tirelessly about how it fits into the wider picture of the collection as a whole.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 12, 2015
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- Posted Feb 6, 2017
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Apollonia is for fans of Jamie xx, Tame Impala, and SBTRKT, and all its elements have been combined and thoughtfully arranged in a way that makes sense. A solid debut for Garden City Movement.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 18, 2018
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Some of the tracks are so light and delicate, you worry they might blow away in the breeze. But the pace occasionally picks up, as on ‘Highway Blue’ which whistles along on a jaunty groove, while a punchy horn section on ‘Good Ol Night’ adds further colour.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 2, 2019
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Though they might be mellowing in their age, that doesn’t mean to say they’ve compromised an inch, and 'Beneath The Eyrie' proves just that.- Clash Music
- Posted Sep 12, 2019
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The project doesn’t really find the band moving outside their comfort zone – indeed, ‘Candid’ is defined almost by how resolutely ‘Whitney’ it feels.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 14, 2020
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Despite the few forgettable moments in the middle, ‘Scaled And Icy’ remains mostly strong in terms of sonics and lyricism throughout, and though it does end all too quickly it is an impressively cohesive production that doesn’t reveal even for a single beat that it was the product of long-distance virtual sessions.- Clash Music
- Posted May 21, 2021
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‘Heavy Like A Headache’ takes the musical intricacies that The Ninth Wave are cherished for into new territories. Lyrically, this is The Ninth Wave’s strongest album yet – they’ve never been more open about themselves as artists.- Clash Music
- Posted Mar 23, 2022
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‘Invisible Forces’ is a complicated album, but not cluttered. James Heather’s elegant runs, and elegant is the only real word to describe his playing, are thought-provoking and moving. Throughout the pianist delivers emotion-heavy music that is oddly catchy.- Clash Music
- Posted Apr 22, 2022
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The album wears a multitude of influences on its sleeve, containing elements of hip-hop, house, disco and funk, but ultimately there is a distinct lack of variation amongst the thirteen tracks.- Clash Music
- Posted Jan 17, 2013
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While her debut could in places feel slight, this new record feels lived-in, and true.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 8, 2023
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- Posted Mar 20, 2014
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Littered with hyper-stimulants and the minutiae chaos of modern living, and where Ernest Greene, purveyor of faded daytime psychedelia, once spoke to romantic stasis from his internal landscape of unseen tropics, his diverting third effort sees him taking a heavy blow from reality.- Clash Music
- Posted Aug 2, 2017
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LAHS is the sound of a band in transition. A record where the sunshine is too few and far between. They’ll surely be back on track before long, but for now, we’re going to have to look elsewhere for that aural vitamin D.- Clash Music
- Posted Oct 11, 2019
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Glorious singalong hooks and unashamed sass dominate the debut offering from indie writer Elizabeth Sankey and indie cult-hero Jeremy Warmsley.- Clash Music
- Posted Nov 9, 2011
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Its cleverness and humour burst like springs from an overstuffed rococo couch.- Clash Music
- Posted Feb 1, 2012
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With a plethora of guest spots adding some serious variety to the already sonically multifarious album, hearing Big Boi go back and forth with the likes of Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Eric Bellinger, and even Adam Levine of Maroon 5, makes it all the more fun.- Clash Music
- Posted Jun 19, 2017
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Conversations is an impressive album, in many ways a unique one in this current landscape--though you sense that the best may be yet to come.- Clash Music
- Posted Jul 18, 2014
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Refusing to be hemmed in, it’s a record of real ambition, an example mirroring fan-pleasing tendencies with actual artistic growth. Sometimes the sequels really are better.- Clash Music
- Posted Dec 8, 2023
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