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10.0
132169
10.0 |
The Skinny
Back Home shows increased confidence in production, without sacrificing any of the immediacy that make this trio one to watch
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8.0
132170
8.0 |
The Quietus
If Sistahs lit a beacon, Back Home draws a roadmap – for both the band themselves and kindred spirits who have also been displaced. Indeed, it’s a thrill to find out how Big Joanie will tread it
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8.0
132171
8.0 |
NME
The trio’s second album sees their righteous politics still in tact, but presented via electronic noise, folk tenderness and jangly guitar pop
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8.0
132179
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
They cut their teeth on the London DIY scene, and they’re deserving of reaching a huge audience now. It is not a stretch of the imagination to envisage huge crowds singing along. Their time is now
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8.0
132183
8.0 |
XS Noize
Back Home proves a triumph of exploration. Genre boundaries are successfully pushed to provide a captivating listening experience
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8.0
132191
8.0 |
musicOMH
Girls invented punk rock, and the world can never have enough black intersectional feminism, and these are absolute facts
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8.0
132173
8.0 |
Uncut
A cohesive, strong statement as well as an exciting one. Print edition only
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8.0
132174
8.0 |
Mojo
Distorted guitars still feedback and synths jar, but there is also mellotron, violin and Omnichord bringing subtlety and depth. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Upset
a record that shows not just genuine vision and ambition, but pushes beyond to something bigger
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7.6
132176
7.6 |
Pitchfork
On the UK trio’s first LP for Kill Rock Stars, the band fleshes out its riot-grrrl-meets-girl-group sound with electronics and strings while singing of strength and vulnerability
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7.0
132198
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
A righteous take down of popular discourse and dominant ideology that finds it hard to sustain its worthiness
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7.0
132172
7.0 |
Clash
Big Joanie makes their own home on the record, and in the process, their own mark on contemporary rock. In a nutshell: Big Joanie is a band that deserves your attention
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