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9.0
82601
9.0 |
Gig Soup
‘Leave Me Alone’ has passionate moments and a raw emotional honesty that betrays their happy-go-lucky image
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9.0
82647
9.0 |
Exclaim
It’s contagious; every song sounds like a party, and really, isn’t that what rock and roll is all about?
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8.5
82838
8.5 |
Art Rocker
Hinds are youthful, fresh, fun and all of the other clichés that come with a young band who’re totally owning their self- created sound and loving every second of it
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8.3
84930
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
It really only hopes to make you smile with smart twin harmonies and silly lyrics. On those terms, Leave Me Alone is a unqualified success
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8.3
82697
8.3 |
Earbuddy
You'll find Hinds' debut album very hard to leave alone
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8.0
82726
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The album represents multiple facets of youth, and delicately takes on the helter-skelter of emotions that comes as part and parcel with such a course
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8.0
82659
8.0 |
DIY
True and proud of every ingredient making up their early existence, Hinds create a blueprint in how not to give a fuck
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8.0
82665
8.0 |
The 405
An album that brings the energy of a live show without feeling like they ignored the fact they had a studio at their disposal
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8.0
82666
8.0 |
The FT
Influences ring out but the foursome hammer away at them cheerfully, DIY enthusiasts in an era of Ikea flat-pack guitar bands
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8.0
82738
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Wildly more mature and diverse than most garage bands could ever really hope to be
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8.0
82691
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An elegy for youth that’s still being lived, mistakes, triumphs and al
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8.0
82648
8.0 |
NME
There are few airs and graces about this band, which is one of the keys to their vitality
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8.0
82651
8.0 |
The Guardian
They have bags of tunes – opener Garden is loaded with 60s soul hooks, for instance – and bags of charm
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8.0
82615
8.0 |
Crack
It’s an album of refreshing, rousing romance and an encouraging reflection of a more confident, well-rounded Hinds as they keep on partying into 2016
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8.0
82644
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
‘Leave Me Alone’ is an unassuming debut – the kind of record you wouldn’t think could reach the kind of following the band already has
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8.0
82602
8.0 |
Q
It’s impossible not to be swept up in the exuberance. Print edition only
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8.0
82606
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A ramshackle celebration of the beauty in chaos and the imperfect
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8.0
82608
8.0 |
The Skinny
The peppiest, jauntiest, most charismatic debut you’ll likely find in the next 12 months
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7.6
82622
7.6 |
Paste Magazine
Leave Me Alone manages to be a nostalgic album that nevertheless lives in the moment. It’s a moment worth celebrating
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7.5
82616
7.5 |
Pitchfork
The best moments on Leave Me Alone occur when Cosials and Perrote are going all-out, belting together without restraint
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7.0
82600
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Spanish garage rockers have a summer-y guitar riot
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7.0
82624
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Most impressive is the band's ability to make a tune out of the seemingly tuneless
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7.0
82626
7.0 |
PopMatters
Hinds' debut is fuelled by an infectious lust for life. Well, that and copious amounts of Sangria
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7.0
82766
7.0 |
musicOMH
While Leave Me Alone has its flaws as an album, it’s the perfect summation of where Hinds find themselves at the moment
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7.0
82660
7.0 |
Uncut
Bratty but heartfelt. Print edition only
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7.0
82728
7.0 |
Beardfood
Let this sympathetic release bring some sun into your winter
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6.7
82617
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Garage rock typically relies on unhinged messiness and raw power. Hinds execute the genre’s touchstones effortlessly, without needing to replicate that stereotypical fuzz and burn
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6.0
82643
6.0 |
Spin
A friendly, enthusiastic album of coppery six-strings glinting in the sunlight with the more-than-occasional flat note, scuffing up the album’s already sand-blasted texture with an endearing scrappy quality
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6.0
82609
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
What they do incredibly well is make their lo-fi music look effortless and hedonistically fun
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6.0
82603
6.0 |
Mojo
A debut packed with infectious fun. Print edition only
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6.0
82699
6.0 |
All Music
As a whole, Hinds' moxie pulls them through on this largely enjoyable debut
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6.0
82689
6.0 |
The Observer
Their modus operandi is shambling, unhurried garage rock projected through a lo-fi filter and topped with ragged harmonising
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6.0
82739
6.0 |
The Music
An amiable, likeable affair that barely riles itself from a shuffling gait
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6.0
82764
6.0 |
FasterLouder
On Leave Me Alone, Hinds successfully burrow their way into the patriarchal arena of rock n’ roll. But it remains to be seen, though, whether they have the capacity to really disrupt things
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4.0
82656
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Hinds were clearly made for parties, not headphones – they’re probably best enjoyed live
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