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8.0
44312
8.0 |
State
Major is so incredibly upbeat and catchy that even the rainiest, slowest Monday afternoon can’t take away from the feelings of joy and happiness that emanate from its splendid contents
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8.0
44390
8.0 |
PopMatters
Fang Island have proved themselves on Major, as well as their 2010 self-titled debut, to be talented songwriters who somehow mold catchy tunes from an unlikely blend of retro kitsch, music nerd obfuscation and hard rocking machismo
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8.0
44443
8.0 |
Spin
An eye-popping, pop-punking, limb-flinging, brow-singeing celebration of the major chord and its many possibilities
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8.0
44555
8.0 |
The Fly
A heady world of soaring choruses, key changes, spiralling solos and punchy drums
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8.0
44568
8.0 |
Q
Warm, welcoming and dazzling. Print edition only
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8.0
44488
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
They go against the grain to write songs that aim for the heart and hips rather than the head, songs that invite you to stop thinking and start jumping around to overblown guitar solos that echo the wide-stanced epicosity of Guns N’ Roses
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Major feels like the coolest church service ever, devoid of dogma and ritual, and consecrated by the unholy smack of a thousand high-fives
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7.9
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7.9 |
Paste Magazine
Packed with simple, poignant lyrics, the record keeps things awesome without falling prey to its own overindulgent qualities
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7.5
44450
7.5 |
Prefix
Non-ironic sincerity is a dying breed after all—how can it not be, in times like this?—and you will not hear another album as straight-forward, unburdened by emotional distance and downright open as this one this year
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7.5
44588
7.5 |
Bowlegs
Overall you get the feeling of a band doing their thing in their way
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Not be the most inspiring stuff, perhaps, but it is bloody good fun
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7.0
44310
7.0 |
BBC
It’s impossible to come away from Major without a big grin plastered from ear to ear
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6.9
44387
6.9 |
Pitchfork
What Major lacks compared to its predecessor is the element of surprise, and it's not just in a musical sense
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6.0
44315
6.0 |
The Observer
Much of this record deals in warm West Coast pop, its hair-rock extensions grafted on to hazy melodies
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The first half is obsessed with the band’s self-perpetuated trappings of party-rock: noise, aggression, and speed, all for the sake of making the biggest and loudest splash
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6.0
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6.0 |
Beats Per Minute
While Major has a good solid handful of inspired moments, none of this material comes close to approaching the plane as that Fang Island were operating on before. More than anything, it makes me want to listen to their first album
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5.0
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5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A collection of tracks which do far too little, for far too long
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5.0
44632
5.0 |
No Ripcord
They certainly keep the riffs flowing, but each song seems to stick to a fairly well-defined set of ideas rather than skittering about
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