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Division Street

Harper Simon

Division Street

The son of Paul Simon with a second album of melodic indie rock

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6.6

Label
PIAS
UK Release date
01/04/2013
US Release date
26/03/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Some moments it's hard to ignore how much he sounds like his father, and at times, the genuflection at the altar of Elliott Smith gets a little too doe-eyed and derivative, but the strengths of Simon's songwriting and the atmospheric production keep these concerns in the background
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    There are flashes of greatness here. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The kind of effortless, breezy powerpop moments that Evan Dando used to essay at will
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Traditional rock n roll instrumentation fed through a sieve of alt-rock production and, most pointedly, held together by fantastically intricate yet clear, often overwhelmingly gorgeous, uplifting songwriting
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  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Sounds like a determined effort to be his own man. Print edition only

  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    He exhibits a unique talent for conflating those often disparate songs into a new, unified feeling
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  7. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    With Smith’s old producer Tom Rothrock, Attractions drummer Pete Thomas and Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture on board, it’s worth taking a walk down Division Street
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  8. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    While the lack of surprises stunts Division Street’s memorability, it gets in its share of peaks before attentions wane
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  9. 4.0 |   Mojo

    His quest to re-imagine Elliot Smith's XO too often gets in the way. Print edition only

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