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Sep 9, 2022There's certainly a hooky immediacy to much of Keep on Smiling, but it's given depth by Two Door Cinema Club's increasingly artful and sardonic pop approach.
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Sep 2, 2022Punchy, peppy, and undeniably positive, ‘Keep On Smiling’ is an exuberant and life-affirming ambitious album that demonstrates that if in doubt, you have to choose happiness.
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Sep 6, 2022Its wares pick up where its predecessor left off but without adding too much extra to the mix.
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Sep 2, 2022If you already enjoy the band's sound, whether in fervent adoration or in a passing fondness, Keep On Smiling won’t turn you off. It might not be a game changer, but if you already like the game, thats not a problem.
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Sep 2, 2022If Two Door are to hold onto anything from ‘Keep On Smiling’, it should be the playful, curious moments that convey a sense of fun, even if that’s deceptive. When things get serious on this record, the band stumble and the smiles begin to slip.
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Sep 2, 2022Though impressive and vaguely explorative, the record falls slightly short of the mark for an outfit aiming to reinvent themselves.
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Sep 2, 2022Keep On Smiling’s glossy veneer never disguises its particle-board center.
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Sep 2, 2022Throughout, the arrangements are as relentlessly upbeat and playfully retro as the album’s Alan Fears-designed artwork, stuffed with vocoders, peacocking basslines and laser-beam synth sounds. They’re also wildly referential, and largely fail to add anything either fresh or memorable to the conversation.
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Dec 29, 2022I really, really like it. Wonderful Life, Millionaire and Lucky are absolute bangers!
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Sep 20, 2022Meh. La mayoría de canciones son aburridas, con sintetizadores chillones, muchas capas y ritmos muy familiares
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Sep 16, 2022