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Grappling Hooks

North Atlantic Oscillation

Grappling Hooks

Post-rock and multi-layered prog on the debut album from the Scottish trio

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Kscope
UK Release date
22/03/2010
  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    Endlessly interesting and, more often than not, genuinely inspiring, and means that, among this year's debuts, North Atlantic Oscillation's may be the most wildly exciting of the lot...
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    North Atlantic Oscillation should be applauded for their vision, and for the way they reference their favourite music without ever sounding derivative
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    It’s really good. It ranges from Beta Band beats to post-rock pop with the influence of Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips and even Peter Gabriel looming large
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  5. 7.0 |   Blurt

    The imagination on display on Grappling Hooks puts North Atlantic Oscillation at the head of the new class of progressive rock
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    An album that reaches for the sky, and is all the more better for it. Fearless ambition need not always mean failure, and North Atlantic Oscillation demonstrate this emphatically
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  7. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A quietly confident debut, and while it may not be a modern classic it definitely shows a band with bags of potential, and the confidence and drive to take them where they want to go
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  8. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A strong debut by a band who can get stronger
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  9. 6.0 |   The Fly

    Moments of beauty ... far outweigh its occasional plodding nature, ensuring that, for now, the forecast looks good for North Atlantic Oscillation
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  10. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    The roll call of influences on any one song is dizzying and the end results are often wholly derivative
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