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Aug 11, 2017With Popular Manipulations, the Districts make their first grand statement, setting a new bar for themselves in the process.
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Sep 25, 2017Themes of alienation and heartbreak are set against sweeping guitar hooks, handled with a well-studied attention to craft that takes cues from bands like Wolf Parade and Modest Mouse. A wise template to base their potent anthems on.
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Aug 11, 2017Popular Manipulations resembles a sunset that’s far more than ordinary, the red sky at night before the darkness of the latest hours. It’s not letting anyone down.
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Aug 14, 2017Like all of their work, it’s capable and tuneful and reveals a young band of skilled songwriters that put all their faith in their guitars, even if it’s often hard to pinpoint where their own vision begins and their taste ends.
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Aug 14, 2017Fans of garage rock will be familiar with the fuzzed-out results, at its best highlighting the band’s trademark guitar distortion, although at times muffling Grote’s vocals slightly. But their sound has evolved considerably.
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Aug 11, 2017On their second release, The Districts are imbued with the power to make long-stay names of themselves in a genre they're frankly dominating right now.
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Sep 12, 2017