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Oct 2, 2015More than one kitchen sink has been proudly gafer-taped to their musical fun bus; every idea--however half-formed--integrated with complete confidence. Delivered with the swagger of someone who’s just half-inched Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat, it works spectacularly.
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Oct 2, 2015In the end, there's something amusingly kooky and undeniably likable about a band that can evoke both the acid house, Rolling Stones spirituality of a band like Primal Scream just as it can, perhaps unintentionally, summon the ghost of early-'90s Duran Duran.
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Oct 1, 2015It’s a playful and boldly curious return.
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Q MagazineSep 25, 2015Mothers marks this once unremarkable band as real contenders. [Oct 2015, p.115]
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Sep 25, 2015Across the whole record, there's a kind of galactic atmosphere that gives everything an spacey edge.
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Sep 25, 2015Constantly changing, Mothers is whatever you want to make of it. Presenting a sound that never settles, and will never tire, Swim Deep have at last demonstrated the strength they've always been capable of.
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Sep 29, 2015Mothers is a good, enjoyable album. It isn’t the classic album that Swim Deep have been aiming for, but it feels like they’re tantalisingly close to reaching it come album #3.
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Sep 28, 2015Ultimately, Mothers feels like a stepping stone to bigger and better things for Swim Deep.
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MojoSep 25, 2015Wistful alt pop gets an ample glug of electro groove and distinct hints of '80s cheese comfortably reinforce Austin William's hazy vocals. [Oct 2015, p.98]