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Best Friends

Hot. Reckless. Totally Insane.

Debut full-length album from the Sheffield garage pop quartet

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7.2

Label
Fatcat
UK Release date
10/07/2015
US Release date
10/07/2015
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  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Best Friends have arrived fully formed on their debut, ready to take their place among the best practitioners of noisy garagey pop around
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  2. 8.0 |   DIY

    With an astute sense of mischief and a knack for snazzy hooks, Best Friends’ debut full-length offering is as endearing as they come
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  3. 8.0 |   Q

    A blast from start to finish. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   The Music

    A scuzzed-out record that straddles the lo-fi punk stylings
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  5. 7.0 |   Clash

    It radiates the type of authentic rock 'n' roll spirit that simply can't be manufactured in the studio. And that is never a bad thing
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  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Best Friends work best when they deal in heads down, pulsating rock
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Upbeat garage pop full of scraggy guitar melodies and fuzzed-out power chords
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