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The Bloom and the Blight

Two Gallants

The Bloom and the Blight

The fourth album of folk rock from this San Francisco duo, named after a James Joyce story

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6.5

Label
Fargo
UK Release date
03/09/2012
US Release date
11/10/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Two Gallants have carved out a distinctive, powerful identity all their own
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The sense throughout is of awesome power. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Crashing blues alternating with raw, dustbowl ballads. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   NME

    Heavy with muscular cowpunk riffs that conjure up a meaty, moody vision of North America
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  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    it’s one of those albums you could listen to again and again
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  6. 8.0 |   Blurt

    A collection of songs that sparkles in its own excellence. It has all the makings of a discovery
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Two Gallants head comfortably towards new and heavier ground
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  8. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    The good news is Two Gallants’ five-year lapse hasn’t changed the band much. The bad news is that maybe it should have
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  9. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    An album that pleases sporadically but inspires little further reflection
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  10. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    If you do find yourself with half an hour or so to kill and are looking for something to do, well just put on anything by The Cave Singers and hear how this sort of thing really should be done
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  11. 6.0 |   Prefix

    Two Gallants sound most at home when Adam Stephens’ frayed vocals act as a counterweight to the warmer acoustic notes
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  12. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    A conflicted, confused record
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  13. 5.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Hamstrung by such musical inconsistency
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  14. 4.9 |   Bowlegs

    Where The Black Keys and The White Stripes successfully stirred the old with the new, Two Gallants struggle to find a voice of their own
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  15. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Simply too jarring for satisfactory listening. Print edition only

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