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  • Summary: The second full-length solo release for the Ride and Oasis guitarist Andy Bell was self-produced.
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  • Record Label: Sonic Cathedral
  • Genre(s): Britpop, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, British Trad Rock, Shoegaze
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  1. Feb 23, 2022
    90
    It all comes together as a beautiful and honest reflection on self-acceptance and the passing of time. Bell invites us into the deeper reaches of his perpetual but ever-evolving dream state, and in the process creates some career-best highlights.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 23, 2022
    80
    Flicker is never derivative or predictable, with Bell using these influences to craft often beautiful songs, from the groove of "riverside" to the lovely strum of the Simon And Garfunkel-influenced "lifeline" or the springy disco-beat of "Sidewinder." [Apr 2022, p.32]
  3. Feb 23, 2022
    80
    There is strength in numbers, and Andy Bell’s rise to the double album challenge is as strong as anything that carries the Ride name.
  4. Mojo
    Feb 23, 2022
    80
    The result is Proustian, the 18 tracks an overwhelming rush of joy. [Apr 2022, p.82]
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Mar 7, 2022
    50
    Meld[s] jangles, loops, fuzzes, plucks and floaty introspections. Heavy on shoe-gaze, light on Gallagher swagger. [Apr 2022, p.83]
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