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10.0
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The Skinny
A remarkable album of astonishing scope and beauty, with an effortlessly direct emotionality
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9.0
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Drowned In Sound
A startling album - the best thing you'll hear in these tempestuous January days, and one that will continue to burn brightly long after the embers of 2014 have burnt out
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9.0
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musicOMH
William Doyle as East India Youth has delivered a stunningly exquisite work on his very first go
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9.0
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The 405
Whilst [his] references are clear, at no point does it seem like East India Youth is just trying to replicate his idols. Total Strife Forever pulls together these influences and creates something truly extraordinary
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9.0
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Clash
It’s no exaggeration to suggest that Total Strife Forever is the first truly great album of 2014
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9.0
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Uncut
A major new British talent is born. Print edition only
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Total Strife Forever is breathtaking. It might get tough sometimes, lonely and desolate even, but Doyle’s catharsis will hoist you by the bootstraps into lusher pastures
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9.0
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God Is In The TV
If this record is not a commercial success that makes a big impact on those (for now) far off best of the year lists in eleven months’ time, then there is something seriously wrong
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8.5
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The Quietus
An often fairly classicist pop record which nods heavily towards naggingly familiar influences, yet doesn't feel like it could exist at any other time than now
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8.5
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Under The Radar
It's a rare album in this genre that blends relaxation with excitement so perfectly, that stays cool without ever being aloof or dragging
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8.0
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Entertainment.ie
Total Strife Forever is a glorious collision of musical ideas and styles and pop music's most daringly creative statement of 2014 to date
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8.0
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The Music
It’s an ambitious debut, but gosh it’s a stunner
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8.0
62011
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The Irish Times
For all the joys of multi-genre artists to come, Doyle’s debut is still well worth saluting
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8.0
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Mojo
East India Youth's debut is a triumph. Print edition only
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8.0
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Time Out
Totally Strife Forever is dark and kind of depressing. It features long stretches of ambient noise, and some aggressively pounding beats. But it also has moments of acute sincerity to melt anyone’s wintry heart
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8.0
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The Guardian
An inventive composer who can turn his hand to Harold Buddesque soundscapes one minute and surprisingly banging techno such as Hinterland the next
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8.0
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NME
Well-executed without being overtly organised or coherent, highly original and full of promise. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
Doyle's dizzying arpeggios inspire the same sense of awe as gazing up at tall buildings. Print edition only
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Loud And Quiet
It’s time for a new approach to minimalist songwriting, one that isn’t yet another pale imitation of The xx, to permeate the mainstream, and East India Youth has offered up a serious candidate in that regard
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8.0
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DIY
Innovative, cerebral and yet totally accessible, Total Strife Forever is an incredibly impressive record
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7.5
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Crack
There’s more than enough here to indicate the unveiling of a nascent and hugely capable auteur
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7.0
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No Ripcord
At its best, Total Strife Forever is truly thrilling
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7.0
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The Fly
An ambitious, absorbing debut, and still probably only a glimpse of what East India Youth’s capable of
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7.0
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Fact
In terms of compositional sophistication, Doyle struggles to compete with the Jon Hopkinses of this world, his emotional brushstrokes unambiguous and delineated
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6.0
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The Observer
The jumps between genres barely jar once you realise how good Doyle is at all of them
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