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- Summary: The second full-length release for William Doyle as East India Youth was recorded at home.
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- Record Label: XL
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| Crush the life, I think that I've had enough. Contemplating, digging holes for my love. At the point of passion, I am inflamed. But now it seems... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 15 out of 18
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Mixed: 3 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Apr 2, 2015More impressive still is how good at marshalling his ideas Doyle seems to be--for all that you’re never quite certain what Culture of Volume is going to do next, it never sounds ragged or incoherent.
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Apr 6, 2015What it may lack in cohesion, it more than makes up for in adventure and it is certainly one hell of a captivating ride.
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Apr 3, 2015Thankfully, it’s always Doyle’s intention to break down boundaries, even if he’s ticking verse-into-chorus boxes. As a result, music is the real winner.
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Q MagazineMay 6, 2015Impressive and increasingly accessible, this is the sound of a major talent developing. [Jun 2015, p.104]
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Apr 2, 2015Where Culture of Volume excels it is a progression and refinement of prior work. But for all its ambition, it’s a showreel of promise and potential rather than a cohesive whole.
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Apr 27, 2015He has a streak of the 1980s electro-pop songwriter in him, with an earnest tenor voice, a willingness to sustain ballad melodies and a fondness for disco thump that harks back to the Pet Shop Boys. The more those tendencies collide, the better he is.
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Apr 7, 2015This is a Chinese whispers record, one that has been passed through enough cultural and aesthetic filters as to make it utterly meaningless.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Dec 15, 2016
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