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Something For The Weakened

Meursault

Something For The Weakened

Third album from the Edinburgh indie folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Neil Pennycook

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Song, by Toad Records
UK Release date
16/07/2012
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    Most of the tracks are slow to middling in pace, and there’s less to really get the blood up. It’s a minor gripe however for what is an exceptional follow-up to a truly singular creation
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  2. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This is the strongest set of songs the band has offered up to date
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  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Neil Pennycook sounds like a man with more than a few stories to tell
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  4. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Some may find the Scottish lament thing a little full on. For me, it remains sufficiently muted to not go over the top , and while I’ll admit to being a sucker for minor piano chords over a seaweed string of banjo, the crack in the voice seals the deal
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  5. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Some of Meursault's lo-fi essence might have been shed, but the sparse arrangements of songs like Hole or the quite beautiful (but heartbreaking) Mamie benefit greatly from increased clarity
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    It's far from an instant classic but, given time, it latches onto your world. You won't send it away
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Although there is charm and panache in the relatively lo-fi first two albums, here the songs really do benefit from the studio
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  8. 8.0 |   BBC

    It’s hard not to see this as a successful sideways step for Meursault – their move towards a more ‘natural’ sound feels, well, natural for them
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  9. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Neil Pennycook's folktronica outfit move folkwards. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    The album's epicentre is Dearly Distracted, seven minutes of escalating smoulder and lyrical bile with a guitar coda that would do Crazy Horse proud. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Meursault operate where strident folk-rock meets etiolated grunge and ambient electronica, a blend perfectly measured for the melancholy broadsides of Something For The Weakened
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