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American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

Latest lo-fi indie pop project from Manchester's Gary McClure, recorded straight to tape at home after a relocation to St. Louis

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Fat Possum
UK Release date
04/05/2015
US Release date
07/04/2015
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    He's shown that he can make a great record with any old junk at his disposal
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    By times lo-fi and dreamy, at others basking in melodic power-pop. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    He may sound like an actor from a land that time forgot but McClure is clearly a talented individual
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  4. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    This has the feel of a 21st century private press album, with benefits that you don’t get from just any self-released album: catchy songs
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  5. 7.0 |   Spin

    The album feels birthed out of a fleeting and unpredictable moment of inspiration, urgent but without the burden of undue foresight or planning
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  6. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    The highlights of American Wrestlers reveal themselves immediately, but elsewhere on the record McClure demonstrates a curious ability to bury concise hooks in otherwise-doughy or unfinished song
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  7. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A strange, echoey piece of pop culture that seems out of place in time and space
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  8. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    McClure's cool charm makes these homespun songs feel like long-lost guitar-pop gems, newly discovered and barely dusted off
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