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Daydreams & Nightmares

Those Dancing Days

Daydreams & Nightmares

Second album from Stockholm-based indie pop five-piece

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Wichita Recordings
UK Release date
28/02/2011
US Release date
01/03/2011
  1. 9.0 |   All Music

    A joyous reinvention... One the best albums of the year
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Their sound brilliantly pays hommage equally to the sparkling melodies of C86 and the lunk-headed bounce of punk rock. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   DIY

    Don’t resist Those Dancing Days, they’re going to get you in the end. In fact, don’t put up a fight, just give in now
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  4. 8.0 |   AU Review

    An accomplished work from a band destined for even greater things
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Refines the groups original appeal whilst pushing out in interesting new direction
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  6. 7.0 |   BBC

    Older people may find themselves admiring it, envying it or both; the young should just adore it
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    An unmistakable fresh sense of urgency
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  8. 7.0 |   NME

    An album of fizzing indie-pop to charm both the starry-eyed teen and the world-weary indie connoisseur
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    This quintet are clearly as fond of Katy Perry and Robyn as The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Frontwoman Linnea Jönsson has all the poise and tone required of a top-notch pop singer. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   The Fly

    It might not win the girls many new fans, but it’ll charm and delight old friends in equal measure
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  12. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    High-spirited indie pop
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  13. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Those Dancing Days have all the elements in place (that name alone should tell you everything) but this is most certainly a mis-step, worryingly early in their career
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  14. 4.0 |   Slant Magazine

    May be pleasant enough for an afternoon diversion, but it's essentially nondescript, generic indie-pop
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  15. 4.0 |   Bowlegs

    The guitar pop, which the band undoubtedly adhere to, has been compressed into a radio-ready sized package – any edge or depth pushed to safe ground
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  16. 4.0 |   Blurt

    Furious, tribal beats, and slicing chunks of guitar dominate
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  17. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    There's nothing intrinsically wrong with it... What it doesn't have is personality
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