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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Scottish folk rock band was influenced by Greek tragedies, psychedelia, early-70s prog and rock music.
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- Record Label: Tin Angel
- Genre(s): Folk
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Jun 25, 2015On The Sovereign Self, they combine to remarkable effect. This is not an easy record, but it needs to be heard. Again and again.
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Jul 14, 2015Well worth imbibing.
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MojoJun 25, 2015Plangent retro charm. [Jul 2015, p.89]
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Jul 15, 2015An extension of their ever-evolving canon, The Sovereign Self is possibly Trembling Bells' most colorful journey yet, with a wayfaring rock & roll spirit and a madcap zeal that keep it sounding fresh.
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Jun 25, 2015The quintet are a crack unit, powered by hard rock riffs, jazz and Krautrock-informed drums and flights of flute-based fancy.
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The WireJul 27, 2015His voice is better suited to confiding, but it's slapped on top rather than properly featured, and this seems symptomatic of the muddy arranging, But the aim is to swagger and excite, and the group's ragged fervour is not in doubt. [Jun 2015, p.50]
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Jul 2, 2015There are some fine songs here, from the gloriously strange O, Where Is Saint George? to the epic I Is Someone Else, but the album’s excitedly noisy production would benefit from greater degree of variety.