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- Summary: The 13th full-length release for the Stuart Staples-led rock band features three covers: Dory Previn's "The Lady with the Braid," Television Personalities' "You'll Have to Scream Louder" and Neil Young's "A Man Needs a Maid."
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- Record Label: City Slang
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Chamber Pop
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Feb 19, 2021It confirms how they’ve always been a band that have explored human emotion in deep, meaningful ways but Distractions feels like something more, like the beginning of a fresh chapter in their story.
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Feb 19, 2021In many ways, Distractions is an enigma. In years to come, we may look back on this record as transitional, or a product of its times. But to hear a band of this vintage still listening – and responding – to their instincts is a joy in itself.
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Feb 19, 2021It's a powerful, evocative work that speaks to the time that created it as well as the continued creative growth of a unique and gifted group of artists.
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MojoFeb 19, 2021Recorded remotely, Distractions is febrile and modern but cries out for a through-line. [Mar 2021, p.88]
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