- Record Label: Fat Cat
- Release Date: Oct 4, 2011
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Oct 10, 2011In the Pit of the Stomach is truly a feel-better record--in whatever way that resonates with you.
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Oct 4, 2011["Boy In The Backseat" and "Human Error"] plus the resounding "Pear Tree" end the album with impressive bluster, and stirring reminders about the power of the individual: to screw up, to fight on, to howl into the night.
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UncutOct 18, 2011It's fiercer and denser than their 2009 debut. [Nov 2011, p.107]
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Oct 4, 2011It sounds so much more raw and harsh, more real and vulnerable.
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Oct 3, 2011Their darkest and most complex work yet, In the Pit of the Stomach unleashes We Were Promised Jetpacks' full fury with impressive results.
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Oct 3, 2011It's hard-edged, it's proficient and most certainly smarter than the average band.
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Oct 3, 2011This is a superb record and WWPJ are one more example of just how spoilt we are by British rock music at the moment.
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Oct 3, 2011We Were Promised Jetpacks' second album tightens the craggy fuzz of their first, revealing twisty post-punk songs with chewy pop centers.
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Oct 12, 2011The result is a sophomore effort that deserves to be played loudly--and often.
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Oct 10, 2011The be all and end all for In The Pit Of The Stomach is that, despite a few new experiments, it's like all their material: good music that you don't have to think about.
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Oct 4, 2011We Were Promised Jetpacks may have found their style for now, but this album still hints that nothing's settled yet.
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Nov 14, 2011For a record that doesn't at all attempt to reinvent the two-guitars-bass-drums toolkit of punk-inflected modern indie rock, it's fundamental whole ends up being greater than its parts.
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MagnetNov 11, 2011WWPJ returns to the moody and energetic sound of its debut with In The Pit of the Stomache, a 10-song set that bristles with raw post-punk power while pulsing with pop subtlety. [#81, p. 59]
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Nov 8, 2011Clear, plaintive vocals propelled by ascending-staccato guitars and hellbent dance-worthy rhythms, as if the Texas band Explosions in the Sky had shown up with New Order's singer and backfield.
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Under The RadarNov 3, 2011[The band embraces] their isolation and neuroses and sublimate them into one hell of a sonic thrill on this fine album. [Oct 2011, p.103]
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Alternative PressOct 4, 2011In the Pit of the Stomach is a fine achievement, but one that feels counter to the usual trajectory of your average rock group. [Nov 2011, p.98]
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Oct 4, 2011A step forwards, if not a giant leap.
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Oct 3, 2011This time around, however, they've paced themselves and delivered an album packed with punchy, literate guitar music.
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Dec 14, 2011Though Thompson remains in the same contemplative state lyrically, In the Pit of the Stomach is a great follow up to Walls and unveils an orchestral maturity form the four gents.
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Q MagazineNov 9, 2011Suffice to say, the issues addressed here are as big as the music. [Nov. 2011, p. 142]
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Oct 14, 2011It's an improvement, and it reveals a band with plenty room to grow. In the meantime, these Jackpacks will continue coasting.
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Oct 7, 2011The band aims for epic heights but all too often goes with the assumption that grandness is necessitated solely by noise. That said, there are glimmers of great things to come all over this record.
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Oct 4, 2011This record is laced with intention and ambition, as well as a hunger and fire that keep it together, just.
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Oct 3, 2011Though Thompson's plaintive wails and the brawny playing of the rhythm section give the impression of relentless and differentiable activity, they're holding patterns all the same.
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