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9.0
52426
9.0 |
The Fly
This is Peace using 90s sounds to channel that decade’s optimism into something positive for today
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9.0
52438
9.0 |
NME
Our greatest currency is the chime of a golden tune. Peace have delivered 10 of them
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9.0
52511
9.0 |
DIY
In an era in dire need of a new wave of potential festival headliners, they’re more than just a good punt. In Peace we trust
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8.0
52424
8.0 |
Clash
With ‘In Love’ Peace aren’t reinventing what a band can be, but taking it back to basics and reminding us why they’re important
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8.0
52429
8.0 |
BBC
Peace take the past and swish it about with a bit swagger, and the results are just dandy
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8.0
52573
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Everything is borrowed, as they say, and whatever pieces have been used to assemble In Love, the end product is not simply derivative, it is Very Exciting indeed
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8.0
52597
8.0 |
Art Rocker
A strong start for these Birmingham boys, if not an original one
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8.0
52900
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Once the feeling of slight familiarity has gone there’s an excellent album here
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8.0
52499
8.0 |
Q
Chastising them for not reinventing the wheel seems churlish when they sound like they're having so much fun spinning the old one. Print edition only
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7.0
54641
7.0 |
PopMatters
They certainly know how to write catchy indie guitar music and, given the chance, will improve and find their own voice
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7.0
52753
7.0 |
The Quietus
There’s not a great deal of substance here; it’s just that what there is is arranged so adorably
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7.0
52427
7.0 |
musicOMH
While this debut album is made up of many different elements, they are all well executed and the final result is never less than accomplished
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6.0
52516
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The big, singalong choruses mean they'll be huge
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6.0
52521
6.0 |
The Observer
Short, effective blasts of indie rock that will sound good – occasionally euphoric – when played loud in a dark, sweaty club
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6.0
53160
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
Nods to Blur, Oasis, Nirvana, The Cure and The Beatles are all apparent. The question is, will you have a problem with that?
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5.0
52428
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If you can clear your mind of the baggy nostalgia, or if you’ve never heard those records before, In Love is quite a bracing and well put together indie rock album, though nothing more than that
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Guardian
Castle is a genuinely good guitarist. Like Graham Coxon on Blur's debut album, his playing is occasionally tumultuous enough to suggest something beyond a band trying on other people's styles
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