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Jan 28, 2016Nevertheless, despite its impending theme of hopelessness, Suicide Songs delivers on every level--not least of which is highlighting Jamie Lee as one of the finest wordsmiths of his generation.
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Feb 16, 2016Suicide Songs juggles anguish and optimism in equal measure, somehow mournful and triumphant in search for some kind of personal salvation.
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Feb 1, 2016While the pudding is occasionally over-egged, in general this is a work of great individuality and poise that should increase MONEY’s currency as one of the best young British bands to emerge in recent years.
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Jan 29, 2016The crowning achievement is that all of the musical and lyrical poetry works together to make a haunting, howling album that, despite outward signs, is above all tuneful and engaging.
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Jan 28, 2016If Suicide Songs has a flaw, it’s that there aren’t enough songs with tunes the while wide world will learn and sing, but it’s still a glorious cry from the heart that delivers a real emotional wallop.
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Jan 27, 2016Rather than build on that record’s [The Shadow Of Heaven's] elegance and lightness of touch, MONEY have traded it out for something less polished, that’s often brutal in its emotional delivery. Not an obvious next step, then, but certainly a compelling one.
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Jan 26, 2016Suicide Songs sees the trio perfect what they started to build on their debut.
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Jan 20, 2016Equally fragile and resplendent in its execution, it's the kind of album that stays with you long after its haunting close.
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MojoJan 11, 2016Less direct than its 2012 predecessor The Shadow Of Heaven, Suicide Songs collects richly arranged reflections which climax with A Cocaine Christmas And An Alcoholic's New Year. [Feb 2016, p.96]
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Q MagazineJan 11, 2016Far from being a downer, these songs are frequently sublime. [Feb 2016, p.113]
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UncutJan 11, 2016Intense. [Feb 2016, p.78]
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Jan 28, 2016Much like records by the Smiths, Suicide Songs is both consoling and encouraging, revealing itself fully only after repeated listens and paying dividends each time. Manchester should be proud.
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Jan 11, 2016The contemplative, climactic nature of Suicide Songs, filled with layers of swirling strings, glorious brass sections and celestial vocals, resonates with an affirming sense of having confronted death face to face. The timelessness of this album reflects the nature of its subject matter.
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Jan 22, 2016The sonic palette that the band draw from the second time round, though, is instantly richer. [Jan/Feb 2016, p.57]
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Jan 26, 2016An ugliness fringes Lee’s delivery, and it’s what keeps Money’s music from dipping into the saccharine.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 18
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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Feb 15, 2016