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9.0
4052
9.0 |
NME
A bit of a dying whale of a record. In a good way; vast, dark, a little mysterious, sad, dignified and palpably in pain.
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7.0
4050
7.0 |
Blender
Have grander daydreams than their peers. They don’t want to be cute or inspiring, in the current rock fashion, but grimy and haunting and sexy
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7.0
4051
7.0 |
musicOMH
Negotiating the grey area between rock and, well, indie-rock, it is to be hoped that Swoon doesn't find itself falling between the two. Rather, as seems more likely, it'll pick up fans from adherents of both.
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6.0
4055
6.0 |
The List
The Pickups stick to a formula of hazy lolloping guitar fuzz.
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6.0
4056
6.0 |
The Sunday Times
An extraordinary range of different types of fuzz, each carefully and painstakingly matched to the job in hand
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5.3
4053
5.3 |
Pitchfork
Most of the blame for Swoon's featureless vista goes towards its identikit modern rock production.
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4.0
4054
4.0 |
The Independent
A sound that now seems to be more slavishly based on the gauzy grunge-prog of Smashing Pumpkins.
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4.0
7709
4.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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3.0
4057
3.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It is difficult to imagine any green shoots of individuality following Swoon, so entrenched it remains in its influences. Even a past-it Smashing Pumpkins ‘reunion’ with only Corgan remaining is more acceptable than this awful mimickery and that’s not a good place for a band to be.
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