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UncutSep 4, 2014It's '80s pop, but not as you know it. [Sep 2014, p.69]
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Sep 3, 2014They know their way around a captivating (if not subtle) hook, so whilst it sounds bigger than the sum of its parts, there are enough great songs to justify this super-stylised and fearless approach to pop.
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Q MagazineSep 2, 2014Ballet School update and enhance, rather than copy or clone their '80s forebears. [Oct 2014, p.103]
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Sep 11, 2014An adventurous artistic growth is surely on the horizon for this blossoming young band, but on The Dew Lasts An Hour, Ballet School quickly found out what technique works for them and where their creative strengths lie.
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Sep 5, 2014The Dew Last An Hour is a record that's very easy to become smitten with. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.73]
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Sep 19, 2014Ballet School is an indelible entry into the synth-pop genre, and are at least taking the approach somewhat differently by using guitars.
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Sep 2, 2014If there's a quibble, it's an avoidable tendency to let songs drift into overtly tasteful territory, but on point, Ballet School do their heroes proud.
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Sep 11, 2014After its auspicious start, The Dew Last an Hour tries to convey similar sentiments amid agreeable, midtempo synth-pop that skimps on the pop and piles on the twinkling, harmonized guitars and vaporous melodies. What begins as a cooling blast of fresh air dissipates into pleasant ambience.
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Sep 12, 2014Coming from the creative hotbed of modern-day Berlin, it seems like they could have pushed the envelope a bit more.
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Sep 3, 2014For every moment which drifts slightly, there is another where they toss the superfluous and it all returns to tremendous, streamlined pop.
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Sep 2, 2014Overall, The Dew Last An Hour is a solid debut.... it's all been done before.
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MojoSep 2, 2014Although The Dew Lasts An Hour is a patchwork quilt of an album, it's so audaciously pulled off it's impossible not to grin and wonder why mainstream pop missed this trick 30 years ago. [Sep 2014, p.96]