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10.0
72931
10.0 |
The Independent
As before, echoes of classic Primal Scream/Stone Roses psych-rock underpin the grooves, which lope and stride infectiously
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8.0
72930
8.0 |
NME
An archetypal second album. Everything is a little bigger, broader and more immediate - refinement, not reinvention, is the watchword here
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8.0
72983
8.0 |
DIY
Despite the evident WTF factor, this remains a record chock-full of invention, a pursuit of the new and - most importantly - gigantic songs
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8.0
72990
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It's the strange mix of disconnection, anxiety and gender trouble that makes this album a record made by Gen Y, for Gen Y
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7.0
72934
7.0 |
Uncut
They are a gang you want to join, and these days that is rare. Print edition only
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7.0
73045
7.0 |
All Music
Peace can feel satisfied that they've grown from their debut, if only marginally
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6.0
72932
6.0 |
The Guardian
It’s an album that hints at greatness – such as World Pleasure, a seductive, serpentine thrill – but ultimately seems confused by its looming self-conciousness
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6.0
72933
6.0 |
The Skinny
There’s no grit, which could be a criticism, but it’s too downright fun to be anything less than a quality record regardless
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5.0
73079
5.0 |
Beardfood
There's no passion and no signature sound. Too bland, too slow, too anonymous
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5.0
73081
5.0 |
The Music
These are songs you’ve heard before from plenty of other bands
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4.0
73059
4.0 |
Mojo
Dare we say “sophomore slump”. Print edition only
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4.0
72929
4.0 |
The Observer
In between the lumpen EMF and Stone Roses parodies, Someday sounds like something from 1995, specifically Oasis’s Cast No Shadow
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4.0
72935
4.0 |
Q
Creditably, it strives for depth - political, lyrical and musical - but Happy People gets stuck in the shallows. Print edition only
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3.5
72997
3.5 |
Crack
The best bit is the last song wherein the singer raps a bit like Nathan Barley does when he’s trying to seduce The Mighty Boosh’s sister. That’s how good Happy People is
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2.0
72974
2.0 |
musicOMH
Peace make pop-rock in the blandest sense possible: rigidly conventional song structures scuffed up with the occasional ‘indie’ musical trope
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2.0
73064
2.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Happy People should be the final nail in the coffin of the idea that quirky, photogenic outsiders who surround themselves with easily impressed teenage fans can automatically be moulded into something worthwhile
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1.7
73775
1.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
It’s a sad time for British guitar music when a band like Peace craft an album so poor it makes bands like The Vaccines and Palma Violets seem like messianic, indie-rock juggernauts
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