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Eyelet

Islet

Eyelet

Third full-length release and first in seven years from the Cardiff-based psych-rock trio

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Fire
UK Release date
06/03/2020
US Release date
06/03/2020
  1. 9.0 |   God Is In The TV

    It is forged with a vital creative spirit, with a depth that escapes most pop records, and woven with worthy messages on climate change, immigration, history and feminism
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  2. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The formative spiral of ideas dabbled with on previous albums recedes, giving way to a pearl of accumulated wisdom - a new beginning for the three-piece that proves reflective, ambitious and openly confessional
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    Comforting but inspiring, lively yet contemplative, Eyelet is easily Islet's strongest and most accessible album, and being invited into their world like this is a delight
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  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Unexpected digressions often invigorate their third full-length. Print edition only

  5. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A fine album is in here, but on this evidence, embracing the instinctive over the reflective might have been a better strategy. Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The range of styles on Eyelet broadly sit under the psych-pop umbrella but its eleven tracks lack a unifying theme
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  7. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Welsh trio Islet's third album Eyelet is, for the most part, an engaging and contemplative journey through ethereal psychedelic pop
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