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Broken Dreams Club

Girls

Broken Dreams Club

Girls follow up their debut album with this EP of lo-fi indie pop, channeling The Beach Boys through Jesus and the Mary Chain

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Fantasy Trashcan
UK Release date
22/11/2010
  1. 9.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Though he can be likened to a number of classic singers, some of the all-time greats might I add, his work is his own and ultimately original in its identity
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  2. 8.7 |   Pitchfork

    As much as Broken Dreams Club feels like an improvement upon Album both in songwriting and production, this release is clearly about looking forward
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    While we might wish for more than six newies from a band we hope will bloom over the next few years into something special, it'd be churlish to do anything but welcome them with open arms. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    ‘Broken Dreams Club’ waltzes along, typically soaked in self-pity, amongst the country-tinged backdrop with Owens crooning unassumingly
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  5. 8.0 |   Prefix

    The schizo demeanor of Album has passed, and Broken Dreams Club has the frayed nerves and built-up exhaustion showing
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  6. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Right now, it seems, nobody does melancholy quite like Girls
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  7. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    While it would have been nigh on impossible to clear the height of the bar set by Album, Broken Dreams Club comes close, and that is saying an immense amount for the quality of this record
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  8. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    All you really need to know is that their formula works, however it does
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  9. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    [The] fuller production on Broken Dreams Club is more akin to a new member of the band rounding out the band to complete its sound, rather than a mere polishing
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  10. 8.0 |   Spin

    Boasting Latin boogaloo horns, weeping pedal steel, and an expanded stylistic palate that unites Gram Parsons, the Smiths
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  11. 7.5 |   BBC

    The ethereal breakdowns which had become a signature of Girls’ sound are still present, but aside from that and their knuckle-whitening grip on infectious melody, Broken Dreams Club is a marked sonic change for the better
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  12. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    It’s worth remembering it takes brains to keep it this simple, stupid
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  13. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Full of melancholic melody and longing
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  14. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    As the second album looms, it's exciting to hear them sound so bold and articulate
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