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May 25, 2017The Charlatans’ 13th album is grounded on the band’s own indestructible chemistry, Tim Burgess’s exquisitely happy-sad vocals and their ability to juggle melancholy and joy into exhilarating pop songs.
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May 19, 2017A memorable display from a band we need to acknowledge as true greats and it’s a thrill ride from beginning to end.
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MojoMay 19, 2017Enduring, reliable but far from set in their ways. [Jun 2017, p.92]
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Q MagazineMay 19, 2017Remarkably fresh, contemporary and upbeat for a band's 13th studio album. [Jul 2017, p.106]
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UncutMay 19, 2017[Tim Burgess'] boyish voice sounds warmer than ever, too, while Johnny Marr and Paul Weller are among guests fortifying his band's fluid grooves. [Jul 2017, p.26]
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Jun 1, 2017A fun and colourful indie album full of pop sensibilities, Different Days is a joy from start to finish and is further indication that Tim Burgess and co. show no sign of stopping.
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May 31, 2017Hardly earth-shifting, there’s little to scoff at on Different Days but, most importantly, plenty to smile about.
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May 30, 2017Underneath its simmering shimmer Different Days offers spins on classic pop, electronic soul, and late-night chill. Perhaps it's quiet exploration, but the Charlatans embrace the elastic possibilities of new avenues here, and the results are rewarding.
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May 26, 2017Tim Burgess, vocalist, focal point, and main reason behind any persisting interesting in The Charlatans isn't improving anywhere near the rate his band mates are, but that does little to take away from the enjoyableness of Different Days.
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Jun 13, 2017Above all, uneven though the collection of songs may be, the spirit of this life-force of a band will always uplift and restore--in an unsettling world (to put it mildly), we need that.
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Jun 6, 2017Asking his band to change course in a dramatic fashion after nearly three decades together might be too much. But allowing themselves to get away from the tried and true could give the Charlatans a nice creative jolt to keep them going for another 30 years.
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May 30, 2017This 13th album may be too subdued or restrained for some, lacking the combustible power of their live work, but over the years the Charlatans have dug a groove they sound incredibly comfortable inhabiting.
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May 24, 2017With Different Days, though, they seem to have settled into a sort of not-quite-mainstream indie-rock tinted with neo-psychedelic touches.