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Sep 3, 2014Even stripping off the gloss doesn’t help, because there’s not much under it.
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UncutAug 11, 2014The overall mood is The Band given Taylor Swift's budget, on heartfelt and easily wounded love songs. [Sep 2014, p.78]
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Aug 4, 2014It’s direct, unflinching and explicitly pop: rarely have Slow Club sounded this full, this bold.
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Jul 28, 2014There are at least five tracks here which are a class apart from anything else they’ve written, and hint at a dexterity and professionalism that hadn’t really been previously evident. On the other hand, it’s probably the least consistent of Slow Club’s three albums so far.
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MagnetJul 18, 2014This album sounds nothing like the stuff that got you into Slow Club in the first place. Approach tipsy and with caution. [No. 111, p.61]
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Jul 18, 2014For all the flash and flair, the freshest, most intimate moments here are the result of holding back.
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Jul 17, 2014Complete Surrender shows that Taylor and Watson are willing to stretch out and continue their evolution as they deliver a strong third outing.
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Jul 15, 2014Watson and Taylor still communicate better than most bands or friends could hope to achieve. But they’ve finally let the listener into Slow Club’s emotional core, making the kind of songs that aren’t just meant to score feelings, but actually make the listener feel.
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Jul 14, 2014Colin Elliot, who has worked with Richard Hawley, is a good match for the material, and his production skills make a cohesive whole of the diverse strands.
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Jul 14, 2014Listening to Complete Surrender, you get the sense that Taylor and Watson would be just as happy making music for, and with, each other in their spare time, revelling in their companionship.
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Jul 10, 2014This new sense of ambition is crucial for a once-whimsical band, and is reflected in their banishment of nu-folk tweeness in favour of bombastic Motown soul.
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Jul 10, 2014Slow Club are grander than ever, shimmering like disco balls, toting an LP that’ll break them into mainstream darlinghood; by the sounds of this bolshy confidence and tune-garlanded melange, they’re not only ready, but expecting it.
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Jul 8, 2014Complete Surrender is replete with consistently outstanding moments. [Jun-Jul 2014, p.88]
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Q MagazineJul 8, 2014A few more laughter-lines wouldn't have gone amiss. [Aug 2014, p.112]
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Jul 8, 2014Sleeker, stronger and more confident than ever, on Complete Surrender Slow Club flourish with each strum and every breath.
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Jul 8, 2014By the time the spine-tingling hidden track after the closing Wanderer Wandering has faded out, you’ll be convinced you’ve heard one of the best albums of the year.
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Jul 8, 2014No dead sharks here, then; just the sound of a once-cult band confounding their perceived limitations and joining the top tier of Britain's pop purveyors in the process.