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Sep 10, 2014The album fails to suspend disbelief. In the end, Annabel Dream Reader is mere pulp fiction.
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2014Rough, scuzzy and rasping, there's plenty within its tattered edges to enjoy. [Oct 2014, p.120]
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Aug 26, 2014The Wytches have proved themselves a genuinely intriguing proposition, one with far more up their sleeves than just straight-up punk raucousness, but that also have evidently not quite got a handle on how best to present themselves on record, either--given that this is their first effort, though, that’s entirely forgivable.
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Aug 21, 2014This is fun, but lacks the variety or genuine edge of their influences to grab a listener by the lapels and hold their attention throughout, whether they like it or not.
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Aug 19, 2014The Wytches show some genuine promise on Annabel Dream Reader, but they need to come up with a few more ideas of their own in addition to the many clear influences they draw from.
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MagnetAug 19, 2014Their command of sonic mood is commendable, but without something more to grab hold of, Annabel Dream Reader is just a relentless gut-punch. [No. 112, p.61]
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Aug 27, 2014Outclassed by their own ambition, the band has aimed Annabel Dream Reader toward the lofty heights of Poe’s glum, fog-shrouded majesty--and winds up hitting, at best, late-period Tim Burton.
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Aug 26, 2014It’s not that The Wytches aren’t capable of ballads or contemplative space, it’s just that they haven’t found a way to do so in a way half as uniquely or powerfully as they have the big, explosive stuff.