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May 20, 2011Heartfelt, impassioned and sincere, Mona are reaching for the skies--and taking you with them!
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Q MagazineMay 27, 2011Lyrically, they may not be Pulitzer Prize contenders and sometimes--well, a lot of the time--you yearn for a little more musical adventurism, but there's good work here. [Jun 2011, p.123]
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MojoMay 20, 2011Given the right mood and lighting, it is almost magical; in stark sunshine, less so. [Jun 2011, p.100]
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May 24, 2011This album was their biggest and best opportunity to change that perception, but no matter how many freight-loads it ends up selling by, it hasn't succeeded.
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May 20, 2011Listening to them outside that ideal environment, they're decent enough songs, even if Shooting the Moon was formerly U2's Bullet the Blue Sky. But the gravel-voiced Nick Brown's quest to become "bigger than Bono" has left him sounding overwrought and a dreadful ham.
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May 20, 2011there's ultimately nothing distinctive here to grab the imagination. The singer has obviously modelled his every inflection on Bono, and the guitarist likewise over-employs Edge-style arpeggiated riffs; but they lack U2's broader ambition and sense of purpose.