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Fears Trending

The Phantom Band

Fears Trending

Fourth album from the Glasgow-based indie rock six-piece recorded during the same sessions as Strange Friend

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Chemikal Underground
UK Release date
26/01/2015
US Release date
03/02/2015
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Far from feeling like an afterthought for hardcore fans only, Fears Trending is as essential as anything the venerable sextet have done to this point
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A fully realised album which stands equal to anything this consistently inventive band have done thus far. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The self-assured nature of the song writing together with a brilliantly crisp and clear production helps Fears Trending to stand out from their earlier releases
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  4. 8.0 |   The List

    The serious tight-knit grooves of the front-end dissolve into a casual, open-ended hippy blow-out, drifting wildly into the ether before the genuine oddness of ‘Local Zero's squelching plod leads us down another rabbit hole
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    As a band, they have their own way of doing things and that includes magically producing a high quality-album using the scraps from their previous one
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    Six months on from Strange Friend, this anagrammatical companion piece is darker but no less affecting. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Fears Trending is the musical equivalent of a cross-country run on a cold, wet winter’s day: challenging, occasionally a bit of a trudge but, ultimately, rewarding
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