- Record Label: Sony Music
- Release Date: Jan 6, 2017
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Jan 13, 2017Sundara Karma have talent, ambition, and youth on their side, but so do a lot of other rising bands. In the end, it's personality and distinction that endure.
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Jan 5, 2017Youth is full of uncertainty, but one thing’s for sure: this four-piece have an impressive body of work to share with you.
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Jan 6, 2017This is a record made for the cavernous expanse of Brixton Academy, fancy light show in tow, chant-a-long choruses guaranteed.
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Feb 16, 2017Big and bold when it hits, underwhelming and otherwise transient elsewhere, it’s a debut that manages to occasionally impress while leaving a lot to be desired.
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Jan 13, 2017Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect is a strong introduction to Sundara Karma, with some true high points and it will surely benefit from good radio coverage, a positive critical response and most importantly, strong public support that this young band can hopefully build on.
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Q MagazineJan 17, 2017In short, electrifying. [Mar 2017, p.115]
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Jan 5, 2017Their lyrics indulge in the sort of social commentary the 1975 would probably relegate to the draft folder (“Wild eyes, skinny jeans, disengaged at just 19”).
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Jan 5, 2017For the most part the songs are full to bursting with youthful melodies that lift the weight off the more serious of topics.
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Jan 5, 2017In all, it's a glossy debut that certainly gives you something to shout about.
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Jan 9, 2017There’s promise here, but ultimately too little to mark them out from the rest of the pack.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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