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May 16, 2014Thumpers maintain a vertigo-high quality on Galore, and provide us with another option in the hotly-contested battle for ‘album of the summer’.
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May 19, 2014Positivity has no bounds, and in Galore this London duo has successfully created a prescription for crummy moods, rain soaked commutes and even the slightest hint of misery.
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Feb 14, 2014Listening to Galore kind of feels like growing up, as it perfectly balances a combo of bittersweet nostalgia, hopeful optimism and an impending sense of something bigger and better to come.
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Feb 13, 2014The songs seem utterly fresh, imbued with an aural sense memory that transports you back to lost summers and nostalgic snapshots of a half-remembered past, a glorious time before the realities of the world caught up with you, where anything was possible and everything lay ahead of you.
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May 15, 2014Galore is an odd proposition for a debut album. It feels more transitional than a definitive statement of who Thumpers are, and that’s a hugely exciting thing.
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Feb 13, 2014This faith in the lives lived in the days before the darkness closes in grants Thumpers their transformative power and their unlimited naïveté its unique charm.
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Feb 13, 2014Constructed with flawlessness in mind, Galore succeeds in its ability to sound intensely produced and polished but never sterile.
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Q MagazineJun 17, 2014Thumpers work hard to trigger instant nostalgia for summers past but the longest shadows cast over their work are those of Animal Collective and Flaming Lips. [Jul 2014, p.117]
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Alternative PressMar 20, 2014At their best, the churning rhythms, swirling synth and vocals suggest Animal Collective digging through a crate of DFA Records. [Mar 2014, p.94]
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Feb 13, 2014There’s pretty of sunlight on Galore, but no heat or friction, as everything from the production to Pepperell’s enunciation is so glassy that all of these somersaulting hooks might as well be gibberish.
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May 27, 2014Overall, Galore has some fantastic moments, but remains a thoroughly uneven release with some serious thematic flaws that Thumpers will hopefully iron out by their sophomore album.
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May 19, 2014Too often, Thumpers fall flat.
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MagnetFeb 21, 2014It helps that the androgynous vocals carry a hook here and there.... Otherwise, it's hard to pull any other redeeming qualities out of Galore. [No. 106, p.59]
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Feb 13, 2014Galore, is a soulless collection that feels more like a grasp at brand synergies than an attempt to make meaningful music.