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Jan 6, 2017Clear Shot, the Brighton, UK band’s third LP, brims with catchy melodies and straightforward performances--only the richly layered production really betrays any overt psychedelic influence.
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Nov 2, 2016Fortunately, for every formless track, there are two more like the brilliantly buoyant "Dream Orchestrator," a glimpse of 21st century psych-pop at its finest. Moments like this make Clear Shot TOY's most ambitious and rewarding album yet.
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MojoOct 28, 2016While they haven't suddenly become a different proposition, they are exploring structure and metre. [Dec 2016, p.88]
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Oct 27, 2016It’s another fine effort from a band who are gradually building up an absorbing catalogue.
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Oct 26, 2016Earlier generations of psych fans had the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd to worship and pursue on tour. Now, three albums in, TOY could become this generation’s long-haired psychedelic heroes to follow around in VW campers.
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Oct 25, 2016As a third album, it's an interesting station on the way to potential greatness, and it will definitively put the group on more than a few radars. Above all, on this album TOY makes us feel really excited about Brit-pop again, which itself is no small feat.
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Nov 7, 2016It doesn't completely click right away, but after about five or six plays, it all starts to make sense. It also helps to listen to this at night, but once it gets its claws in you, you're hooked.
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Nov 15, 2016'I'm Still Believing' and 'Dream Orchestrator' provide capable reminders of Toy's cosmic rock outs from yore but its the dreamier, lovelorn compositions that steal the limelight and honours here.
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Nov 14, 2016Even if it does cover too much ground, Clear Shot is another fine effort from a talented band who tend to get caught adrift in their own ways.
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Oct 28, 2016It’s one that sees TOY testing the water for the future blueprint of their music, which seems only to be building on its successes.
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UncutOct 25, 2016On their third album, this Brighton via London quintet seem to have finally harnessed their Krautrock pulses, shoegazy guitars and MBV distortion to some decent songs. [Dec 2016, p.38]
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Oct 25, 2016There's nothing particularly wrong with Clear Shot. It's a perfectly acceptable album, only it sounds like they're holding back a little.
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Nov 1, 2016All in all, it’s a melodic, sprawling record to wig-out to; and one that means that Clear Shot hits the mark indeed.
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Oct 31, 2016Its follow-up is equally intriguing (influences include Ennio Morricone film scores and psychedelic folk), but also feels heavy-going in places.
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Q MagazineOct 25, 2016They're at their best when they keep it succinct, as on I'm Still Believing and Another Dimension. Their longer songs are less successful. [Dec 2016, p.115]
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Oct 25, 2016It’s the sound of a band dabbling in other areas whilst still maintaining something of their roots, and as long as they don’t stray too far from the path that they have clearly mastered then they’re a band worth sticking with as they make their sonic explorations.
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Dec 13, 2016Clear Shot makes few indentations and leaves few fingerprints behind; any temporary effect it had on your mood can be quickly wiped away and replaced by whatever music you choose to listen to next.
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