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Sugar at the Gate

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Sugar at the Gate

Third LP from the Montreal indie trio Jane Penny, David Carriere, and Riley Fleck

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Arbutus Records
UK Release date
09/06/2017
US Release date
09/06/2017
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Fans and sentimentalists may take heart
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  2. 8.0 |   NOW

    As on their previous two records, the rewards here are in the refinement, the well-wrought voices and the sublimely subtle performances
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  3. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Their music is undeniably beautiful and, for all its subtleties, often immediately rewarding
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  4. 7.6 |   Earbuddy

    Go ahead and open that gate and let all this sugar into your life
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  5. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Could be deemed overly saccharine, but the production is so flawless they inevitably give you permission to revel in all of your rose-tinted dreams
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  6. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    These slyly-produced soft rock tunes carry a plush atmosphere and vintage warmth
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  7. 7.0 |   Clash

    Ten glossy songs bearing all the marks of a band that has taken yet another step toward mastering their craft
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  8. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Given how few young artists even attempt this sort of subtly difficult form of pop, TOPS remain a welcome presence in indie pop
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  9. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Never bad, just not punchy enough. Penny’s voice is never boring, though, and she carries the songs through
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  10. 6.0 |   DIY

    For the most part they’re happy to stay in the little niche that they’ve carved out for themselves
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  11. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Largely insubstantial. Print edition only


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