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- Summary: The second album for the British singer was produced by Paul Epworth.
- Record Label: XL
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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At only nine tracks long, Everything Is New never outstays its welcome, and is the perfect riposte for anyone who had previously dismissed Penate as a scenester who'd got lucky.
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MojoThe makeover has done him proud. [Aug 2009, p.108]
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His songs are gloriously, unabashedly pop: it's hard to detect anything studied or knowing about them or their musical references. Instead it sounds like the gleeful, inspired work of a man who's recently undergone a Damascene musical conversion, possibly at the hands of his producer, Paul Epworth.
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Everything is New is a gifted and resounding response to the many nay-sayers out there. It’s not the best Peñate could have done but who else could have expected this kind of departure?
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With a greater use of the minor key, he's added flecks of sentiment to what is, predominantly, a very solid pop record. Just don't get bogged down in genre compartmentalisation.
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Penate has gutted his sound and replaced it with something expressive, warmly empathetic and, best of all, blindingly spangly.
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UncutThis time he's crafted a more parent-friendly brand of earnest pop that isn't quite as irritating, but is sadly no more engaging. [Aug 2009, p.101]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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paulAug 21, 2009
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MarkRAug 22, 2009
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MarkWDec 5, 2009
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DavidHAug 21, 2009
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