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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release for the Mansun frontman was recorded with Catherine AD and Paul "PDub" Walton.
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- Record Label: Kscope
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Sep 14, 2017Spooky Action is all a bit like an ambitious sixth-form production--and I mean that in the absolute best way--the sheer excitement of experimentation with the requisite chutzpah to banish any gaucheness.
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Aug 22, 2017It may have been a long time in the making, but Spooky Action is the album Mansun fans have been waiting for.
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UncutAug 22, 2017There are occasional moments of poppy levity, like the energetic "Feel Like I Wanna Stay," but otherwise this has an impressive heft. [Sep 2017, p.26]
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MojoAug 22, 2017Strong synth tunes and beats, bristling with vocal angst. [Oct 2017, p.98]
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Aug 22, 2017Spooky Action is as dense and detailed as his former band’s best known work, but song for song he picks one mode and more or less sticks to it, setting up a more reasonable barrier to entry.
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2017At its worst (Jealousy Is A Powerful Emotion), he's overwrought and stodgy. More often, though, Draper is an unceasingly self-lacerating lyricist unafraid to deal with his past. [Oct 2017, p.103]
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