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Fang Island

Fang Island

Fang Island

Debut album of upbeat indie rock & classic rock from the Brooklyn-based band

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Sargent House
UK Release date
23/03/2010
  1. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    Fang Island is, hands down, the most fun rock and roll to come out since Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet forced us to party back in 2001
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  2. 8.3 |   Pitchfork

    This music is just honest and life-affirming and infectious, and it's that rare concentration of directness and simplicity that makes Fang Island so uniquely and wonderfully inclusive
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  3. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    A loud and boisterous affair but ... deadly enjoyable
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This LP is a triumph, and the kind of record that bedroom rock-outs were invented for
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There is very little restraint on this album, and it's likely to be one of the most fun things you'll hear this year...Listen to this as an antidote to everything hesitant, tentative, and scared this summer and have shit tons of fun
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  8. 8.0 |   BBC

    An eponymous collection that screams, from its first notes: party on, and on, and on, dudes
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  9. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    It’s a hell of a ride Fang Island offer, and thankfully, the forced-fun is kept to a minimum
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  10. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    Fang Island won’t do it for everybody. Only one song has what you could call ‘lyrics’
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  11. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    This is indie rock for the post-Guitar Hero generation
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  12. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    It might be a little overwhelming and confusing at times, it's exuberant all out assault of joyousness may grate on some, and once it's over you might not remember much of what you've experienced but I guess that's what a party is right?
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  13. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Fang Island sound just as arena-ready as they are club-ready
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  14. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Depending on your perspective, soaring guitars might beat conventional pop structures, but be forewarned: for all of Fang Island’s jubilant jamming, there’s not a hook to be found
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  15. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    They're a strange combination of dumb and intellectual, as if they've studied how to make fun sounding music and slightly over thought it. But there's much to enjoy on a debut that's never boring
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  16. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    The Rhode Island five-piece are hellbent on having a good time, and only the sourest of sourpusses will resist going along with them
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