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10.0
101473
10.0 |
The Skinny
Shopping teach us that, even when we’re dealing with the imploding world around us, it’s still OK to dance
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8.9
101507
8.9 |
Paste Magazine
Shopping continue to do what they do best, using their bass lines and unique perspective to provide a source of kinship, understanding and an outlet to vent general frustration
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8.3
101527
8.3 |
A.V. Club
There’s a directness to its pleasures that’s unflagging for all 10 tracks here, which find the band—after two records of interrogating power dynamics, personal and political—“amping up the party vibe,” or so they say
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8.1
101492
8.1 |
Pitchfork
Wrangles their elastic, post-punk spirit into an urgency that feels bonded to the present. It makes for songs that are as mesmerizing as they are exhilarating
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8.0
101456
8.0 |
Clash
A dazzlingly creative effort, it might well be SHOPPING’s most complete, concise, and fascinating release yet
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8.0
101457
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Another great album from one of the UK’s best underground talents who may not remain so underground for long
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8.0
101459
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
If they are disposable then they share X-Ray Spex’s view of consumerism, countering the artifice with songs that are defiantly alive
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8.0
101472
8.0 |
Record Collector
A band and an album ready to spit in the face of a broken, Brexit Britain. Post-punk has never felt so punk
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7.2
101458
7.2 |
Earbuddy
Shopping’s formula is still good so no major changes are necessary, especially when the songwriting is on point
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7.0
101496
7.0 |
Under The Radar
A record that finds Shopping transcending a difficult set of circumstances to create a standout album
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6.4
101813
6.4 |
Gig Soup
Set to dazzle with its minimalist approach to rock music, and its various homages to influences
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6.0
101566
6.0 |
The 405
Seeing the band on their current tour would be the best way to experience these songs
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6.0
101455
6.0 |
Exclaim
Shopping's constraints still define them on The Official Body. Economy can be great, but it's starting to limit this band
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6.0
101471
6.0 |
NME
This is a record to dance to, but it’s also a record to help you question the world around you
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6.0
101497
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
Pretty timeless in its feel – it would be hard to pin it down to a year or even era if listened to in isolation
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4.0
101460
4.0 |
PopMatters
On this tired, tired album, Shopping's sound is the most exhausted
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