User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Record Label: Absentee Recordings / I Absentee
- Release Date: Mar 29, 2011
- Summary: The third album for the UK-based band, led by Tennessee-born Nathan Nicholson, was produced by Ethan Johns and exemplifies their wide-ranging sound.
Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Record Label: Absentee Recordings / I Absentee
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Top Track
| The Runner | |
|---|---|
| Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me Dear friend, they'll destroy you, but it ain't nothing, it ain't... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
Powered by
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 4 out of 9
-
Mixed: 5 out of 9
-
Negative: 0 out of 9
-
MojoApr 4, 2011Their strong suits are Nathan Nicholson's forlorn warble and the pop hooks that pepper quiet melodramatic, minor-chord rock songs like Locked In The Basement. [Mar 2011, p.98]
-
Feb 28, 2011Whether it's their best collection to date would be open to debate (and to these ears it isn't; Union still takes that accolade by a fair margin). In any case, it should serve them well both for the present and the future.
-
Dec 19, 2011Moments of band interplay showcase their collective ear for the nervously romantic-sounding post-punk that's helped inspire the group's sound.
-
Feb 28, 2011They have the relentless persistence needed to stick to the wall long enough (this is their third self-released album), but despite their striving for the grandiose (Kings producer Ethan Johns provides the country-ish bluster) and breaks (a spot in rom-com Going The Distance for last album "Union"), there's still that dark sparkle missing.
-
Q MagazineMar 9, 2011More engaging doom from the download kings. [March 2011, p. 101]
-
UncutMar 8, 2011Johns eliminates the melodramatic slow builds and punches up the groove quotient, much as he did for Ryan Adams on the similarly melancholy Heartbreaker. [Mar 2011, p.85]
-
Feb 28, 2011There is just such little originality, no individuality, no curious spark. It swiftly becomes such a predictable ride you could pull over at track three, improvise the rest of the journey yourself, and still reach the same destination.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 1 out of 1
-
Mixed: 0 out of 1
-
Negative: 0 out of 1
-
Feb 26, 2012
-