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Mar 5, 2015A hodgepodge of bland, rehashed, vanilla indie-rock, scarred by woefully inept lyrics, and completely lacking any of the infectious melodies and choruses that bolstered their debut.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015This is a very real example of "that difficult second album." [Mar 2014, p.93]
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Feb 11, 2015The ten tracks here convey no pleasure, and lack any form of belief in their own urgency or desire to be adored.
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Feb 10, 2015Peace can feel satisfied that they've grown from their debut, if only marginally, yet it's clear they're still finding their voice amongst the joyous, optimistic melodies that are the basis of so much of their sound.
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Feb 9, 2015Despite the evident WTF factor, this remains a record chock-full of invention, a pursuit of the new and--most importantly--gigantic songs.
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Feb 9, 2015It's the strange mix of disconnection, anxiety and gender trouble that makes this album a record made by Gen Y, for Gen Y.
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Feb 9, 2015Throughout, there’s a wearying feel of vanilla indie designed by committee, with barely an original idea between its 10 tracks of chirpy inconsequence.
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Feb 9, 2015The lameness of the words would be forgivable if they were paired with music that provided any kind of pleasant distraction. But across Happy People’s 10 tracks, the band prove themselves incapable of writing a single decent hook.
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Q MagazineFeb 6, 2015Creditably, it strives for depth--political, lyrical and musical--but Happy People gets stuck in the shallows. [Mar 2015, p.113]
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UncutFeb 6, 2015What Peace lack in originality, they make up for in charm. [Mar 2015, p.80]
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Feb 6, 2015For the most part, Peace have made their 'difficult' second album look surprisingly straightforward.
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Feb 6, 2015It’s an album that hints at greatness--such as World Pleasure, a seductive, serpentine thrill--but ultimately seems confused by its looming self-conciousness.
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Feb 6, 2015As before, echoes of classic Primal Scream/Stone Roses psych-rock underpin the grooves, which lope and stride infectiously.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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