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10.0
68171
10.0 |
Art Rocker
At a time when psychedelic bands are coming out of every hole, Childhood have got it just right and Lacuna is one of the best debut albums of 2014
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8.0
68169
8.0 |
DIY
Perhaps most impressively, is the record’s consistent hooks
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8.0
68243
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
One of the most thrilling guitar records of the year and establishes them as the leaders of the insurrectionist pack
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8.0
68434
8.0 |
NME
Childhood have concocted a debut that’s more than capable of standing up to the rougher approach of their geographical peers. In doing so, they've uncovered a diamond
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8.0
68435
8.0 |
The Guardian
From Blue Velvet, the startling debut single that opens the album, through to the close, there's barely a misstep
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7.8
68324
7.8 |
Earbuddy
Lacuna may not reinvent the wheel, but like Cheatahs, they improve on existing formulas to refine the genre even further
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7.5
68270
7.5 |
Under The Radar
They're a bit like Wild Nothing with Mac DeMarco's gap-toothed grin, expansive in their reverby soundscapes but never really weepy
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7.0
68255
7.0 |
All Music
A promising debut with a few flashes of brilliance, Lacuna is an appealingly summery set of songs despite a few lulls in its energy
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7.0
68168
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Doesn’t quite fill in a gap completely on its own, but it does lay foundations for more to come
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7.0
68170
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This debut album has a hidden depth that is manifested within its genre defiance
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6.1
68261
6.1 |
Pitchfork
Childhood know how to put a song together—most often comprised of a soft-focus verse that sharpens right in time for the chorus
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6.0
68230
6.0 |
The Observer
There's enough in the circling guitar lines and dazed melodies of their debut album to induce reveries of late-80s British indie
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6.0
68172
6.0 |
Time Out
While ‘Lacuna’ is a solid and sun-drenched debut album, it might just have slipped your mind in a few years’ time
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6.0
68443
6.0 |
Uncut
Next to peers Palma Violets and Peace, Childhood come over as a leisurely proposition. Print edition only
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5.0
69553
5.0 |
The Music
Childhood are young and capable, if not yet compelling. With their ‘tribute’ record out of the way, all eyes are on the future
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4.0
68173
4.0 |
The Digital Fix
By the end, the songs seem to have merged into one long track and the finger is hovering on the skip button
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