- Record Label: Virgin EMI
- Release Date: May 12, 2014
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May 16, 2014Anyone who enjoys their pop with extra wry and some sobering awareness should love What Have We Become?, but it's the Beautiful South faithful who will rightfully gush over the release, as these antiheroes have lost none of their touch or fatalistic flair.
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May 16, 2014That sunrise-smile that hits before the first half-minute mark isn't blighted by the slightest smudge of cloud right up to minute 45, this is one of our best writers and the soul and centre of why he's always mattered so much. Heartily recommended.
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MojoMay 16, 2014A sweet yet spiky soundtrack for our march into oblivion. [Jun 2014, p.89]
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May 16, 2014Yes, Heaton’s Rolls Royce analogy is a good and accurate one. The engine purrs again.
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May 16, 2014While it might not appeal to name-checked acts Phil Collins (dead, apparently) or Sting (“Lose the fucking yoga”) those who seek solitude in the British weather, putting the world to rights in the local and who see the beauty in Motorway services and high-vis jackets will be thrilled with a collection that’s Blighty-themed, from a duo whose output is still beautiful.
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UncutMay 16, 2014The results have fire in the belly and attitude to spare. [Jun 2014, p.78]
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014At times, stellar. [Jun 2014, p.112]