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Gulp!
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for British alternative rock band Sports Team was produced by Burke Reid.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Sep 23, 2022
    100
    Happy hour at the all-you-can-eat alt-rock buffet is clearly open. ... It’s all delivered rambunctiously enough that it’s easy to simply enjoy Gulp! as the alt-pop pick’n’mix it is. Go gorge.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 23, 2022
    80
    A cocky, self-assured record that blends Sports Team’s chaotic energy with a smart, heartfelt understanding of the power of guitar music.
  3. DIY Magazine
    Sep 23, 2022
    70
    ‘GULP!’ isn’t Sports Team’s number one-scoring album (that could well be still to come). What it does offer is a heft of new ammo for pint-flinging, moshpitting chaos on the dancefloor.
  4. AllMusic
    Sep 27, 2022
    70
    While lyrically bleak, Gulp! delivers its pessimism with fist-pumping enthusiasm for the most part, at least until the meditative, Kinks-evoking closer "Light Industry" emphasizes life's repetition on the album's one true outlier, like a final wink and a nod.
  5. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 23, 2022
    60
    Unfortunately, this time around, the lyrics tend to be too opaque to pack quite the same punch. ... That said, there are plenty of songs sure to please diehard Sports Team fans.
  6. Paste Magazine
    Sep 23, 2022
    50
    Rice, singing [on "Light Industry"] about “Bennie and the Jets and dreary weekend sex,” plays perfectly into the song’s hesitant mood. It’s the one moment on Gulp! where his audible exhaustion fits, a song that makes you wonder what the rest of the album would have be like if only the band could translate Rice’s weariness into something more suited to their strengths. Instead, Sports Team take a swing with Gulp! and barely make contact.

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  1. Kremyy
    Sep 24, 2022
    9
    They can truly do no wrong! Amazing record, can't wait to see them live and feel all the energy.
  2. Jungstir
    Oct 6, 2022
    9
    Gulp! I found a damn good band. I wondered why Sports Team as a name and found that the lead guitarist used to be a sports reporter for CNN.Gulp! I found a damn good band. I wondered why Sports Team as a name and found that the lead guitarist used to be a sports reporter for CNN. Love the rhythm and lead guitar work with no overbearing shouting vocals you can actually follow the lyrics. Just a lot of all around pub musicians that met in college with a strong sense of dry humor-love it! The house is rockin!… Expand

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