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JC Flowers
- Record Label: ATP
- Release Date: May 27, 2016
- Summary: The debut full-length release for the British five-piece rock band features a cover of Iggy Pop and David Bowie's "China Girl."
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- Record Label: ATP
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
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Jun 7, 2016Driving Excitement and the Pleasure of Ownership is a great introduction to a band that deserves to have a close watch kept on its future activities.
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Jun 7, 2016They focus on the mundane without giving much life to it, leaving the songs hypnotic when they’re playing, but hard to remember when they’re not.
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Q MagazineJun 7, 2016Though resolutely glum, their debut is alluring in its foggy melancholia. [#361, p.111]
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Jun 10, 2016Although by no means a bad record, Driving Excitement And The Pleasure Of Ownership would probably work better whittled down into a pair of EPs rather than a whole album.
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Jun 7, 2016It’s just a shame their debut feels muddied, rather than fuelled, by glimpses of their potential.