How to Socialise & Make Friends
by Camp Cope
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. bigt187
    Apr 5, 2018
    7
    Camp Cope was perfectly able to pass a beautiful first impression to first-time listeners who have not yet kept that simple name in their mind. Taking a look at the instagram of the Australian punk rock trio we find a perfect combo that makes any layperson interested in the sound of girls: a mix of political engagement with a beautiful visual allied also to "appetizers", excerpts fromCamp Cope was perfectly able to pass a beautiful first impression to first-time listeners who have not yet kept that simple name in their mind. Taking a look at the instagram of the Australian punk rock trio we find a perfect combo that makes any layperson interested in the sound of girls: a mix of political engagement with a beautiful visual allied also to "appetizers", excerpts from shows where the girls got performed well and played well in rock'n'roll. All this in a reinvention does not sound distant or inaccessible. Something good, presume.

    After a debut that passed beat, erased by big names despite a generally good performance, Camp Cope returns with a new job, an honest and introspective work. Released under the label Run for Covers Records, the Australian trio says they recorded everything for two days in between. Covered by the effervescent scene of women's empowerment and the fight against patriarchy in such highly publicized moves as #MeToo, nothing goes unnoticed under the eyes of Georgia McDonald (vocals, guitars), exposing all their vulnerability and sensitivity in a record full of good compositions uniting all this outer chaos with their own inner chaos.

    In a sudden revelation of intimacy, Camp Cope traces a tortuous path through sentimental stories and pains and odes the friendship without leaving aside a political position that penetrates the bony column of the music leading to an attenuated sonorous ecstasy. It is a raw album, marked by exotic vocals, tenebrous and consistent in union with a simple and homemade instrumental. Something so little elaborate, only a sometimes gracious and sometimes coarse accompaniment, which is not even one of the great sins of this work. In moments of clarity, some passages occasionally provide a pleasurable sensation and it is almost possible to see the band in all its magnificence in a beautiful performance where everything seems to work almost perfectly. In contrast, the moments of boredom occasioned by the appreciation generally felt at the low points of the album made me feel like I was trying to save something that was already born dead. Lousy feeling.

    A huddle of good and somewhat lukewarm tracks, perhaps the result of lack of experience or the absence of a guide. All in all, "How to Socialize and Make Friends" is above average, so to speak, an acceptable album, a perfect sound for festivals, governed by the chemistry that the ensemble emanates from behind the failure and the half-forgotten victory beneath the cloths    … Expand
  2. fwtll636
    May 31, 2018
    7
    There are two sides playing tug-a-war when listening through this album; the side with amazing, powerful, nearly poetic lyricism and the side where the instrumentation and vocals are practically unlistenable. Never do both sides exist in perfect harmony.

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82

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Spin
    Mar 19, 2018
    80
    It’s Georgia Maq’s raw-edged vocals you’ll remember, and the consistency of the musical canvas opens space for her to work. Her lyrics articulate human entanglements with a lack of sentimentality that belies how much she cares, and like Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan, she has a gift for evoking shame hand-in-hand with fury.
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  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 19, 2018
    70
    While How to Socialise isn’t the most musically adventurous album, its moments of humanity are what give the band its subtle edge.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Mar 8, 2018
    80
    You end up thinking, well, of course, a band this ruthlessly observant and unflinching is going to be mad a lot of the time, but how great that they bring the same intensity to love.
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