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Waxing Gibbous

Malcolm Middleton

Waxing Gibbous

Fifth solo album from the former Arab Strap singer and guitarist

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7.1

Label
Full Time Hobby
UK Release date
02/06/2009
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  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    This is an upbeat, affirmative record, full of insight, humour and good tunes.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Chances are Waxing Gibbous will at least raise the same wry smile Middleton wears on the sleeve illustration, where he is depicted as the face of the moon
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  3. 8.0 |   The Times

    The joyous C86-on-steroids jangle of Red Travellin’ Socks and the cod-African backing vocals on Kiss at the Station are a pointer to where his head is at, while Don’t Want to Sleep Tonight recalls prime-Beta Band. A career high.
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  4. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Despite its downbeat, calling-time diarising, it sounds like the work of a man still bursting with ideas, not running out of them
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  5. 7.0 |   The Observer

    The self-produced songs tend to go on a bit but Middleton's affable presence keeps the enterprise afloat
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  6. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    It's a shame that Middleton seems ready to toss his solo career away now, just when he's carved out a path for himself that is separate from Arab Strap. Waxing Gibbous is a good, if occasionally overdone, album that proves that his musical imagination is still a fertile one
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  7. 6.0 |   The List

    The music sways between folk, rock and electronica well enough, but it’s all frustratingly underwhelming when you know what Middleton is really capable of
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  8. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    If the material he hasn't yet given us takes shape in another project then that's fine, but his first five solo LPs have given us so much that any other incarnation will seem slightly alien.
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