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- Record Label: Chemikal Underground
- Release Date: Mar 3, 2009
- Summary: This is the debut album for the rock quartet led by Aidan Moffat.
- Record Label: Chemikal Underground
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 9
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Mixed: 4 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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It’s clear this ‘Falkirk miserablist’ has finally found contentment.
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MojoHearing Aidan Moffat in such jocose mood on his first song-based record without Malcolm Middleton is quite the revelation. [Apr 2009, p.99]
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We get his best on How to Get to Heaven From Scotland, an album any Arab Strap fan could love.
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Under The RadarMoffat's drawn from a more experimental palette, illustrated nicely on his fine outing with ad hoc backing band The Best-Ofs. [Spring 2009, p.72]
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Q MagazineWhile at times this debut with The Best-Ofs still portrays him as apotty-mouthed cynic who regards romance as black farce, it seems that a light of commitment and imminent parenthood has been turned on. [Mar 2009, p.102]
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All too often, overly simplistic melodies meander repetitively as Moffat struggles mightily to stay on key.
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Overall, the album will be a pleasant sleeping album for casual ambient fans, but connoisseurs of the genre best look elsewhere for their fix.