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Idiots

The Electric Soft Parade

Idiots

Brighton-based brothers Alex and Thomas White return after a six-year break with their 3rd album of 60s and 70s-inspired psych pop

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6.7

Label
Helium
UK Release date
17/06/2013
US Release date
25/06/2013
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  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    Some records make you think, some records redefine whole genres. And some, like IDIOTS, just make you very happy
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It's an absolute pleasure to have them back. Print edition only

  3. 7.5 |   The 405

    It is an album by a band that knows what it's good at and takes full advantage of their pop songwriting abilities
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  4. 7.0 |   DIY

    Idiots is the wonderful sound of The Electric Soft Parade belatedly coming of age
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  5. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Much of Electric Soft Parade's music has an undeniable beauty to it, but Thomas White sings, oddly enough, too well, lacking the fragility of Nick Drake, the androgyny of Stuart Murdoch, not to mention Jim Morrison's virility
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  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    The songs grow neither better nor worse – only more mature
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  7. 6.0 |   NME

    The album thrives when the brothers White play to their strengths
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  8. 4.0 |   Q

    One long walk on the gentle side. Print edition only

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