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Chant Darling

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Chant Darling

Second album of retro pop from New Zealand singer-songwriter James Milne

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7.3

Label
Bella Union
UK Release date
04/01/2010
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  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    The brilliance of Chant Darling is that while it peddles a brand of indie pop that comes off chewed over and spat out a million times over, there is nothing tiring about it
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  2. 8.0 |   The Times

    Milne’s stock trade is classy, intelligent pop-rock and lyrically it’s fabulous
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  3. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    The core of this eminently likeable album is a bright, harmony-rich pop, fuelled by slightly brittle guitars
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  6. 8.0 |   Q

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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

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  8. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There is enough in the moments which don’t quite astound to suggest that Lawrence Arabia is on the cusp of making a real classic of a record
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  9. 7.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    With its proudly retro approach it's reminiscent of mellifluous MOR from the depths of the 1970s
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  10. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Chant Darling is an album that won't leave a massive impression on first listen, but there's a definite charm that keeps you coming back for more
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  11. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This is an album chock full of inventive arrangement and delivered with bubbling gusto and a winning confidence in his own abilities that keeps everything fresh
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  12. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    Chant Darling seeks to imitate, not to innovate. At times it sounds like nothing we haven't heard before, but there are, of course, pleasures to be found in this approach
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  13. 6.0 |   The Observer

    These delicate guitar-pop numbers infused with Sixties nostalgia and dashes of wry humour are agreeable, but they feel slight
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  14. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Nothing here is without precedent, but personality goes a long way, and the best bits of Chant Darling are full of it
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  15. 6.0 |   The Fly

    One to warm the cockles in the winter months
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