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Aug 17 2008:
Despite two tracks of wilful weirdness, much of this record draws on folk, country, soul and the group-singing of gospel and campfires
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Aug 15 2008:
They plough a Day-Glo pop furrow adjacent to the Black Eyed Peas. It works in places, but the overall effect is ersatz
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Aug 15 2008:
It may be lovely that a ray of sunshine has filled their songs with bliss, but this has also diluted the band's usual urgency
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Aug 15 2008:
Two minutes in, that opening song plummets into a mire of self-indulgence - and that's where the rest of the album stays
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Aug 15 2008:
Arrogant stars of rock documentaries and Vodafone adverts
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Aug 15 2008:
This is a triumph of sound design, as impeccably crafted as a Starck chair
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Aug 15 2008:
Brewis's trademark prettiness is guarded by stabbing guitars
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Aug 15 2008:
It would be a terrible pity if these warm, heartfelt compositions were entirely lost to the chin-stroking brigade
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Aug 15 2008:
Even at his age, he makes it sound just a little too easy
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Aug 15 2008:
Twenty-seven years ago, David Byrne and Brian Eno changed the face of popular music. Can they do it again? By Alexis Petridis
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Aug 10 2008:
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(Memphis Industries)
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Aug 10 2008:
(Naive)
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