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Bubblegum

Clinic

Bubblegum

The sixth album of indie rock form the Liverpudlian group.

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6.8

Label
Domino
UK Release date
05/10/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Bubblegum is unlikely to see the band rocket to mainstream notoriety all of a sudden but they'll continue to be one of indie's best known secrets
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Bubblegum goes down smoothly throughout
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  3. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Bubblegum is the warmest, most accessible Clinic album to date
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  4. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    As cohesive yet idiosyncratic as anything in their back catalogue
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  5. 7.0 |   Culture Deluxe

    They’ve slowed things down a notch and brought forth their acoustic guitars
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  6. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Their acumen becomes their biggest weakness – a batch of new instrumental touches don’t make up for a lack of songwriting
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  7. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Bubblegum’s slight concessions to accessibility may well bring their groggy rock to a wider crowd
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  8. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Ideas, ambition and quality align then slot into place to form a picture of the sun with its hat well and truly on
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  9. 7.0 |   Spin

    Since the band’s major fault has been sonic stasis, it’s nice to see them change the pace, even if it means easing back
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  10. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    ‘Bubblegum’ is very much an album to be listened to as a whole. Despite its poppier leanings, no one track stands out as a chart-tastic smash
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  11. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    [The] hi-fi production values of Bubblegum lends its tracks a touch of novelty, but the songs that work best succeed on the same terms as anything else they've done over the past decade
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  12. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The pastoral obverse to their usual surging psych-rock grooves
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  13. 6.0 |   NME

    Acoustic-led meditations and slow, surfy numbers
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  14. 6.0 |   Q

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  15. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  16. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  17. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Achieves a sweet balance between expected drive and unprecedented bounce
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