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9.0
16074
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
In the right mindset, it could be one of the best pop albums you’ve ever heard
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8.5
15628
8.5 |
BBC
Film score dynamics turn a likeable enough collection of day-glo retro pop ditties into something truly beguiling
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8.5
15812
8.5 |
Prefix
A truly ineffable pop album. The Magic Kids are going at your heart with every melodic tool in their arsenal
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8.3
15719
8.3 |
Beats Per Minute
A truly lovely album, one that can transport even the most cynical of grizzled old folks back to the glory days of their youth, and a very promising start to a band’s career
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8.0
15822
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An unqualified success, a concise and perfectly-presented collection of first-class pop music
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8.0
16032
8.0 |
PopMatters
Though many ‘60s-leaning bands claim the Beach Boys’ orchestral pop experimentation as an influence, few take that source of inspiration and run with it like Magic Kids do
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8.0
16187
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
If you’re a fan of intelligent, flat-out fun retro-pop, you couldn’t do better than giving Memphis a spin
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8.0
17381
8.0 |
State
This is the kind of album which calls out for an endlessly looping infomercial at 4 a.m.
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7.0
15627
7.0 |
Bowlegs
Having grown up in Memphis it is unsurprising that tracks like ‘Good to Be’ revel in a more Jay Reatard short and sharp pop approach
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6.1
16457
6.1 |
Pitchfork
Its many flourishes are much more satisfying than its songs
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6.0
17693
6.0 |
FasterLouder
Memphis is a genuinely nice record to listen to; hopefully by the time we see a follow-up, Magic Kids will have built on their identity and bring us something good, or even great
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6.0
15632
6.0 |
The Irish Times
This disposable, quick-fix summer record is a little too sickly-sweet in places, but boy, it will make you smile
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6.0
15749
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
16038
6.0 |
BBC
For all the detail and ambition, most of the hooks – and there are clearly a lot buried in here somewhere – just don’t stick
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6.0
15859
6.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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6.0
15881
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
15920
6.0 |
No Ripcord
Memphis’ quirky, yet elegant approach to different forms of the classic popular song sound fresh in comparison to 2010’s other summer offerings. What it does suffer from is a voracious appetite for stuffing too much in such a small package
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6.0
15976
6.0 |
The Skinny
Memphis might feel like overdosing on sugar, but as it is they're cleverly crafted pop homages which charm the listener just the right amount
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5.0
16077
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
Well-crafted and authentically authentic, just less fun than it proposes to be
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5.0
16617
5.0 |
Under The Radar
It’s a little too twee
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4.0
15845
4.0 |
Eye Weekly
The most rococo and painfully cute album of the year, if not the decade
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4.0
15629
4.0 |
musicOMH
There's nothing wrong with taking '60s bands like The Beach Boys as your inspiration as long as you do something a bit different with that influence
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