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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the British post-punk quintet that includes Charlie Steen, Sean Coyle-Smith, Eddie Green, Josh Finerty, and Charlie Forbes.
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- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Jan 16, 2018Songs Of Praise distils the best features of classic British alternative music into a vital band passionate to enervate, communicate and entertain.
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Jan 9, 2018Debut album Songs Of Praise courses with venom and a lithe vigour that is all their own.
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Jan 12, 2018Whip smart, furious and, most importantly, fun, Songs of Praise is the first essential album of 2018. And what an album it is.
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MojoJan 5, 2018There's no escaping Steen's brutal vision, guitarists Eddie Green and Sean Coyle-Smith and Edge-like chimes to Concrete's verses, before the terrace chorus tilts the mood back to belligerent. No Brit band is better equipped to set 2018 alight. [Feb 2018, p.91]
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Jan 11, 2018There’s a Stone Roses-style naive melody on Friction, and Angie is the kind of epic that closed Britpop albums. But there’s also seething post-punk that recalls early Fugazi, and the lyrics--full of blood, spunk and dirt--are far too jaded and contradictory to make for easy indie-disco fodder.
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Jan 18, 2018It just sounds like a bunch of young men looking to blow off steam, and that is what makes it such an enjoyable romp.
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Jan 12, 2018It is, ultimately, an unimaginative album from a promising band. Better records may lie ahead for them, but for now they will struggle to reach far beyond their existing fanbase.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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Jan 14, 2018Two weeks into 2018 and I'm sure this album will be one of my favourites of the year. Best post-punk release I've heard in a long time.
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Aug 21, 2019
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Jan 29, 2018
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Jan 13, 2018
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Jul 23, 2018Songs of Praise has a good post-punk essence. An album full of energy and with a lot to offer.
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Sep 30, 2018
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Dec 16, 2019Same old, same old.
At least, if you're bad, try and be original.
I'm Glad I didn't pay to listen to it. -
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