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Dec 19, 2011A charmingly lush and wistful affair which proves that their unexpected Ivor Novello nominations were no fluke.
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MojoMay 18, 2011The simpler numbers--sun-dappled Dust On The Dancefloor, sweet love ballad Our Hearts Burn Like Damp Matches--are much better. [Jun 2011, p.100]
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UncutMay 13, 2011It's an album inspired by Camus that's never less than intense. It;s also overwrought, as the taciturn voice and glum lyrics wrestle for space with manically busy strings and an unfortunate folk feel. [Jun 2011, p.87]
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May 11, 2011It all adds up to a record for those who want thrills but don't want them dumb.
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May 11, 2011It's charming enough, but it's as well mannered as a picnic with Cath Kidston accoutrements.
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May 11, 2011Nobody's pretending this lot balance on the razor-sharp blade of the cutting edge. Even so, their orchestral whimsy presses the 'lovely, bordering on twee' button.
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May 11, 2011The feelgood factor comes down a notch on this second album, with Hemming musing wryly on regret and midlife desperation in an attempt to place a deeper sadness at the heart of TLS's lush English pastoral.
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May 11, 2011What it will do is fill your ears, mind and spirit with a little shaft of sunlight that causes you to delight in the moment and experience.
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May 11, 2011Into The Murky Water allows some of the band's earnest demeanour to shine through, but ultimately it lacks the spark of its predecessor and it's difficult to love.