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8.0
57088
8.0 |
Clash
A debut album as accomplished and hit-laden as this makes it hard to see the band faltering
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8.0
57089
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Where The Heaven Are We ably showcases their innate knack for massive hooks – it’s a rock-solid debut with something for everyone
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8.0
57090
8.0 |
Q
They're providing indie-pop with a much needed splash of colour. Print edition only
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8.0
57257
8.0 |
DIY
Swim Deep have written a youthful, entertaining debut that it’s hard to find fault with, and they graduate from B-Town with a first class degree
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7.5
57091
7.5 |
The 405
Swim Deep are releasing the nostalgic, romantic, irritatingly catchy album they've always been capable of
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7.0
57092
7.0 |
Uncut
They display an exuberant charm that's thrashy and infectious. Print edition only
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7.0
57287
7.0 |
musicOMH
Isn’t a perfect debut album, it’s a solid effort, and there’s enough talent on display to hint at even better things to come
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7.0
57486
7.0 |
The Fly
Although it doesn’t always hit the mark, Swim Deep’s debut proves more than capable of matching to the dizzying highs they write about
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7.0
57932
7.0 |
No Ripcord
A solid debut, and one that is a very pleasant listen
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6.0
57318
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Squished into its 11-track-frame are a handful of songs that flatter the talents of anyone who’s young, bored and itching for adoration
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6.0
57324
6.0 |
The Guardian
A pleasant wander through the byways of early-90s indie styles that doesn't ever really assert itself terribly strongly
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6.0
57327
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Swim Deep sound great, but they also sound too like too many other acts right now for comfort. Once you stop playing spot-the-band with their songs, something truly great will emerge
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6.0
57093
6.0 |
Time Out
It would be blissful if it wasn’t so unrelenting: however great the songs are on their own, together they're just a bit too too sweet and sunny
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6.0
57094
6.0 |
Mojo
Faintly baggy, dreamy synth-pop. Print edition only
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6.0
57235
6.0 |
NME
If Swim Deep truly want to become a fixed point of reference for future generations, they’ll need to work harder to transcend their own inspirations
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4.0
57353
4.0 |
The Observer
Their debut opens impressively... too much of the rest of their material sounds like utterly unremarkable filler
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3.0
57538
3.0 |
God Is In The TV
Four gap-year computer science students from Birmingham with early nineties Charlatans haircuts and a working knowledge of Cast b-sides might be good enough for you, but alas it’s nowhere near good enough for me
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