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Alternative PressIt's not that Hey People! is bad, because it's not--but it's not that good, either. [Feb 2006, p.126]
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There's something about the determinedly primal recording techniques and clunky, 'we-just-learnt-this-today!' instrumentation that doesn't ring true.
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Brash and trashy.
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Nine bracing blasts of terse, catchy noise-pop.
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Like The Replacements in the early days, The Beautiful New Born Children are a glorious mess, gleefully bashing out songs in 4/4 time without much regard for melody or variety.
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The result is exactly what you'd expect: loud and hard garage rock devoid of personality or originality.
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Lo-fi veneer aside, Beckett's songs could plausibly receive the same seven-word description as an Art Brut masterpiece-- funny lyrics shouted over basic rock riffage-- but here that's as meh as it sounds.
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'Hey People!' dashes past in such a whippy blur that it's far from immediately apparent what on earth to make of it, although if you suspect it'd be fun going back to find out we wouldn't argue.
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The consistency of the record and The Beautiful New Born Children’s intensity is what sells this album.
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The Beautiful New Born Children is the rawest of the Stokes mixed with the youthful punk energy of early Replacements.
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Q MagazineEntertaining in the same way as an episode of Joey: pretty dumb, fairly funny, and you're glad it's over in under half an hour. [Feb 2006, p.100]
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If you like it fast and rough and dirty, this one's for you
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Hey People! isn't something you can listen to often, but it's a bracing start to the year.
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UncutA curiously anemic listen. [Feb 2006, p.78]
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New Musical Express (NME)You won't listen to it again and again; yet the time you do, it'll be a blast. [4 Feb 2006, p.29]