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62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Aug 21, 2012
    60
    Language is short on originality, but Zulu Winter's polished musicianship and warm confidence may be enough to win over listeners who enjoy the bands they reference here, and when they do succeed in shaking things up it's enough to leave listeners wanting more.
  2. Jun 6, 2012
    70
    Language is a sturdy and well-produced collection which, given the right exposure, sounds like the sort of thing that could be very large indeed.
  3. Jun 20, 2012
    60
    For a band that spent a year in solitude writing and recording Language, Zulu Winter sound an awful lot like everyone else out there.
  4. Jun 6, 2012
    70
    This is eccentric indie pop with a slightly off-kilt flavour.
  5. Jun 6, 2012
    70
    This debut is a polished effort which manages to balance both sweeping synth pop with euphoric indie anthems.
  6. A few strokes of fortune might send this London quintet--or, say, Clock Opera or Fixers--towards stratospheric hugeness.
  7. Jun 21, 2012
    49
    Doused in interminable glimmering drones and wimpers, spending 45 minutes in its company feels like being smothered inside a snowglobe.
  8. Jul 31, 2012
    70
    Language is quite an impressive debut. Zulu Winter masterfully juxtapose adventurous and sexualized production with [mostly] touching, sorrowful songs. In other words, it's something you can dance to in public and reflect on in private. That's not an easy balance to maintain, but Zulu Winter does it well here.
  9. Q Magazine
    Jun 22, 2012
    60
    The melancholic croon of frontman Will Daunt, a man who sounds as if he's caressing a broken heart rather than nursing it, give these ever-so-now songs an old-world charisma. [Jun 2012, p.115]
  10. Under The Radar
    Jul 9, 2012
    60
    Language can feel tepid and assuring at the same time. [Jun 2012, p.151]

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