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Jewellery Quarter

The Twang

Jewellery Quarter

Britpop/indie rock band with their second album

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4.0

Label
B-Unique
UK Release date
03/08/2009
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  1. 6.0 |   Q

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  2. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Although there are moments when they still sound like the Midlands' belated answer to Flowered Up, the songs have been souped up to their most atmospheric potential by Mint Royale man Neil Claxton
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  3. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  4. 4.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    The second coming of the heavily touted Brummies tops their first by being even more disappointing. Directionless indie pop in search of an identity
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  5. 4.0 |   The Times

    It’s better. But anyone allergic to even trace amounts of genius will be safe here
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  6. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  7. 4.0 |   The Quietus

    The most amazing aspect of Jewellery Quarter is that it got made at all. The Twang could have - should have - slipped away quietly and spared a lot of people a lot of blushes. Instead, with red faces aplenty, they've simply elected to set themselves up as working class zeroes
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  8. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    It proves impossible to make a range of silk purses from what is so plainly a sow's ear
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  9. 3.0 |   NME

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  10. 2.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    That The Twang got to release a debut album was understandable. That they've been allowed to make a follow-up is nothing short of baffling
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  11. 2.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The points come across in lucid form, it's just that there's absolutely no purpose to them.
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