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10.0
66516
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
In terms of songwriting, they’ve clearly reached a new level
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9.0
66168
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
At heart they’re a rock band who bring other distinct styles into the mix rather than anything truly groundbreaking or genre-melting, but when it’s done with such skill, such confidence and precision, it really doesn’t matter how it’s labeled
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8.0
66224
8.0 |
Uncut
Marks a measured step towards accessibility from one of Britain's most inventive bands. Print edition only
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8.0
66161
8.0 |
musicOMH
A tight, concise and incredibly satisfying listen with the right mixture of familiarity and progression
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8.0
66162
8.0 |
The List
The Phantom Band are, at heart, a rock group in the most inventive sense – like The Beatles, Can, Pink Floyd – and the world they inhabit is strange and congenial and often beautiful
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8.0
66164
8.0 |
The Skinny
A record that has sound potential to soundtrack the summer ahead
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8.0
66761
8.0 |
Clash
Proves that the Phantoms’ Kraut-folk muddle is still as giddily rewarding, as Rick Anthony’s saturnine tones slither – like Jim Morrison on Buckfast – through unpredictable textural twists
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8.0
66318
8.0 |
NME
Perhaps singer Rick Anthony is the glue. His rich baritone is the kind of voice you'd lay down weapons to follow
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8.0
66166
8.0 |
Mojo
This is The Phantom Band in direct mode, and it suits them. Print edition only
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8.0
71779
8.0 |
All Music
Strange Friend is the rare record that allows ample creativity, attitude, and experimentation to live together without becoming tiresome or excessive
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7.5
66163
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Bustling with excitement and teaming with a million different ideas, eager to spill them all onto the canvas regardless of the mess it will make. But what a gloriously colourful mess to behold
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7.0
69001
7.0 |
Under The Radar
The Phantom Band may have done better to be a bit more selective in the studio, but they were probably too busy enjoying themselves to bother
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7.0
66379
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
When the musical density and melodic simplicity coalesce, as on the marvellous crash of ‘Doom Patrol’, the results are both charming and impressive
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6.0
66914
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Maintains their practice of creating offbeat indie songs, but with the unexpected addition of eerie folk, spacey sci-fi synth ballads and electronic experimentation
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6.0
71780
6.0 |
The Guardian
The melodies flutter around the tonic note like Caledonian reels, but this is not folk music: there's too much new stuff happening
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6.0
66165
6.0 |
Q
At its best it's irresistible. Print edition only
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6.0
66298
6.0 |
DIY
'Strange Friend' offers up a lot more material to like than there is to criticise, its rampant energy and bold sense of restlessness throughout a successful mirror of the band’s ambitious creativity
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6.0
66220
6.0 |
The FT
Songs drive along to a hypnotic krautrock beat
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