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  • Summary: This is the fourth full-length release for the British band that now includes Ulrich Schnauss, Matthew Linley, and Mark Peters.
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Fight or Flight
You've no rights Standing by yourself And you feel there's no way To climb this steepest peak on your own Warning sign gave truth somehow Will you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Aug 29, 2014
    80
    [A] well-crafted album, which was made with love and intention by seasoned artists who have landed on a combination that truly works.
  2. 80
    On Always Returning, their fourth album, they've delivered yet again.
  3. Mojo
    Aug 29, 2014
    80
    With Ulrich Schnauss's ambient touches adding extra depth to the mix, it's the sound of a belated coming of age. [Sep 2014, p.96]
  4. Uncut
    Sep 4, 2014
    70
    Schnauss' trademark keyboard washes are a significant feature, at times helping stimulate euphoria beneath often gauzy melancholia, elsewhere adding a soothing Pink Floyd-ish balm. [Sep 2014, p.73]
  5. Sep 5, 2014
    65
    As consistently lovely as this music is, one yearns for sharper edges to break up the pervasive languid drift. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.74]
  6. Q Magazine
    Aug 29, 2014
    60
    The mood is largely one of milky wistfulness, but the clever textural detail means these songs are more than stylistic cloning. [Sep 2014, p.108]
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