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Feb 21, 2014What they’ve found, is pop perfection, and Fifth is a contemporary gem.
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MojoFeb 11, 2014[The album boasts] more accomplished songwriting than some bands manage in a career. [Mar 2014, p.96]
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Q MagazineJan 28, 2014Stirratt and Sansone combine this all into a scrumptious hotpot of classy, classic songwriting, rich in texture and flavour. [Feb 2014, p.111]
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Jan 28, 2014Fifth isn't much of a title, but the music is something very special, and this is one of the smartest and best-crafted pop albums of recent memory.
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UncutJan 28, 2014The duo's sophisticated feel fro arrangement, the primary point of interest, is on display throughout. [Feb 2014, p.71]
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Jan 28, 2014Fifth falls in line on both counts, highlighted by the wistful, contemplative power-pop anthems “None of This Will Matter” and “Things on My Mind” but also lined with a lot of forgettable folk-tinged Middle of the Road rockers, the latter swirling together in a nondescript sea.
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Jan 28, 2014Fifth is too clean, too tame. Only the first song (which ironically warns that “none of this will matter”) leaves any lasting impact; the rest drift by with indifference.
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Under The RadarFeb 21, 2014Much of the material here harks back less to the 1960s acoustic folksiness it's shooting for and lands disappointingly closer to the more plodding end of 1990s Britpop also-rans. [Feb/Mar 2014, p.80]
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MagnetFeb 21, 2014Their latest is another reliably pleasant, if inconsequential offering. [No. 106, p.52]