- Record Label: Drop Anchor!
- Release Date: Dec 3, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012Despite the spare instrumentation, there's no sense of repetition or lack of variety, and these emotive, excellent songs stay with you. A late contender for album of the year.
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Nov 26, 2012A very welcome return.
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Jan 23, 2013This is such a beautiful and heart rendering album, Randy Newman would be proud of these songs, Martin Rossitor deserves a reappraisal of one of the best songwriters of his generation.
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Dec 7, 2012A moody yet romantic triumph, The Defenestration Of Saint Martin is far better than anyone could hope to expect from a long-dormant Britpop survivor.
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Nov 29, 2012An unlikely but often brilliant comeback.
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MojoNov 28, 2012Rossiter's tremulous, torchy delivery plays to the gallery, but beautifully, touchingly and sometimes exhaustedly. [Dec 2012, p.86]
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Q MagazineNov 28, 2012Things perk up on the lovely Where There Are Pixels and the choired-up I Must be Jesus but it's one for the fierce-hearted and, as such, highly recommended. [Dec 2012, p.111]
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UncutNov 28, 2012It's a decidedly sparser backdrop for his erudite, torch-like confessionals. [Dec 2012, p.76]
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Nov 26, 2012Raving, romantic and graceful, it's what might happen if Britpop had gone to finishing school, and even includes a final guitar treat for anyone who tuned in the hope of another round of Olympian.
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Nov 26, 2012An album which should win prizes (but won't), and hearts (and will).
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Jan 7, 2013It is pure artistic id, and after hearing it, it's possible to view Rossiter's entire body of work in a new light, gaining an appreciation for his grace, wit, and artistry.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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Jan 3, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012