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- Summary: The third full-length release for the British rock band is its first since adding American Jana Carpenter to the group and winning a Mercury Prize for its 2009 album, Twice Born Men.
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- Record Label: EMI
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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MojoMay 9, 2012A richer feast, from more humble ingredients, could scarcely be imagined. [May 2012, p.82]
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May 9, 2012Buckinghamshire band SBP return for their third album with a far more complex musical palette.
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May 8, 2012Crown and Treaty is at times wonderful, particularly on "Blue Sky Falls", "Joyful Reunion" and "Brugada".
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May 9, 2012Songwriter Tim Elsenburg makes great strides forward with an ambitious cycle of songs about identity and history.
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May 9, 2012Without compromising their artistic vision one iota, Sweet Billy Pilgrim have gone from black-and-white art-house to breathtaking widescreen, and the results are quite simply glorious.
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Aug 23, 2012The music is compelling and challenging from start to finish, a triumph of substance and style.
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UncutMay 9, 2012SBP always made a virtue of their limitations, but the results of their unshackling from penury are spectacular. [Jun 2012, p.84]
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