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- Summary: This is the second album for the quriky Scottish indie-pop duo of Colin MacIntyre and Alan Malloy.
- Record Label: Beggars Banquet / XL
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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As good as Loss was (and make no mistake, it was very, very good), Us improves on it in virtually every way.
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Us has a dynamism and vastness that makes Loss cower in its shadow.
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Q MagazineUs bristles with huge choruses and idiosyncratic lyrics, albeit suggesting that Pet Sounds is his record collection. [Apr 2003, p.111]
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UncutPoppily uplifting, Us is an album with drowning depths. [Apr 2003, p.114]
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Despite its essentially downbeat lyrical thrust, 'Us' has joy written all over it and repeat-play etched into its grooves.
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A beautiful ramble of a record.
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Though Mull Historical Society is an act one could easily file under "pleasant-enough pop," at 13 tracks (plus a bonus disc!), MacIntyre's strictly 80bpm velvet-lined melancholia will test the patience of any Anglophile.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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timMar 26, 2007By far the greatest soloist on the planet.
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