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MojoNov 17, 2010It might be another album indebted to the '80s, but the sound of discovery has seldom been such fun as is. [Nov 2010, p.107]
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Jun 8, 2011It is a young album that avoids certain risks (all the songs are in the three minute range), but there is a vitality and ambition to it that is rare and refreshing for pop music.
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Nov 17, 2010The Constant has enough strong moments to make it a promising debut from a group with plenty of confidence, personality and potential.
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UncutNov 17, 2010Sensibly, Sumner steers clear of Caucasian reggae on her surprisingly strong debut, opting instead for polished, sullen synth-pop with husky, La Roux-style vocals. [Nov 2010, p.93]
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Q MagazineNov 17, 2010While Coco Sumner certainly makes her mistakes, not least a stumbling cover of Neil Young's Only Love Can Break Your Heart, she's her own, electro-poppy woman. [Nov 2010, p.112]
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Nov 12, 2010While a few of its tracks are below par, The Constant is a decent first effort. It doesn't put her head and shoulders above the many other female singer-songwriters kicking around at the moment, but it definitely sets her apart from them.
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Nov 12, 2010There's nothing radical here, but revolution isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Dec 15, 2010Until Coco can hit upon this kind of refinement of her influences in a more general sense, she seems destined to be known firstly for who her father is and only secondly for her own artistic achievements.
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Nov 12, 2010For the most part The Constant boils down to a thin chart gruel, too lumpenly pitched between the Carling Academies and the cattle-grid nightclubs to leave a mark.
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Nov 12, 2010Predictably pristine, ultimately inessential.
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Nov 12, 2010The Constant is essentially a mildly promising debut by an artist who can write a tune but not yet with any great distinction.