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  • Record Label: What's Yr Rupture?
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Retro-Rock
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  1. Mojo
    Oct 28, 2016
    80
    Played with a straight face rather than a raised eyebrow, the whole thing is a gas. [Dec 2016, p.92]
  2. Q Magazine
    Oct 24, 2016
    80
    Although they're heavily fracking the '70s, they're doing so with a punky precision that keeps them on the right side of oddball. [Dec 2016, p.113]
  3. Oct 24, 2016
    73
    The true charm of this record lies in the way it craftily retrofits the sound of ’70s excess for our age of austerity.
  4. Nov 11, 2016
    70
    Savoy Motel’s eponymously titled debut has a lot going for it, full of interesting ideas, some of which come to fruition and some that could do with some development still. The next one might just be great.
  5. Oct 27, 2016
    60
    File under: promising, but far from the finished article.
  6. Oct 24, 2016
    60
    Put it all together, and listening to Savoy Motel’s debut in its entirety can leave you struggling, wondering if you’ve accidentally left the album on loop and yearning for something--anything9--that doesn’t begin with a bassline boogie.
  7. Oct 24, 2016
    50
    Despite the talent on board and the high-concept thinking that went into it, there's a dry, brittle quality to Savoy Motel that saps this material of its strength, and this band has only so many tricks in its pocket to begin with.
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