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Annabel Dream Reader

The Wytches

Annabel Dream Reader

Debut album from the Brighton-based indie rock trio produced by frontman Kristian Bell and former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Heavenly / Partisan
UK Release date
25/08/2014
US Release date
25/08/2014
  1. 10.0 |   Art Rocker

    A record that will stand the test of time
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  2. 9.1 |   Paste Magazine

    Play this album at full volume, with plenty of dance/thrash room, and little to no glassware nearby
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  3. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    When they pull it all together, The Wytches are quite the proposition
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  4. 8.0 |   The 405

    An astonishing and absolutely infectious debut album
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  5. 8.0 |   State

    Bold, boisterous and despairingly dark, Annabel Dream Reader is a full throttle debut
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  6. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Feels like the soundtrack to a Tarantino film
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  7. 8.0 |   DIY

    At once fragile and boisterous, screaming and wailing, kicking at walls then curled up against them, ‘Annabel Dream Reader’ is far more accomplished than a debut should be
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Feral garage gothic with a nifty rock'n'roll twang. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   NME

    The self-described 'surf-doom' trio follow their musical forebears down a very dark path
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  10. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A surprising mix of quasi-grunge and throw-back surf-rock which, while it can at times seem overly angst-ridden, is a relentless tide of energy and conviction
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  11. 7.0 |   Uncut

    There's bags of melodic nous just below the scorched surface. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    A blatant doom trip, any anticipatory pleasure to be derived from the pain detailed on Annabel Dream Reader is numbed by its own flogging tedium
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  13. 6.0 |   All Music

    The Wytches show some genuine promise, but they need to come up with a few more ideas of their own in addition to the many clear influences they draw from
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  14. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    This is fun, but lacks the variety or genuine edge of their influences to grab a listener by the lapels and hold their attention throughout
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  15. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The Wytches have proved themselves a genuinely intriguing proposition
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  16. 6.0 |   Q

    Rough, scuzzy and rasping. Print edition only

  17. 5.8 |   Pitchfork

    he record is swamped in menace, murk, and star-crossed heartbreak
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  18. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    After a strong, compelling start the album settles into a second half that’s too much misty graveyard haze and not enough ominous lightning storm menace
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