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The Cage Was Unlocked All Along

Zoey Van Goey

The Cage Was Unlocked All Along

Debut release from the Glasgow-based indie pop trio

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6.6

Label
Left In The Dark
UK Release date
11/05/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    There probably isn't a song here that you won't find echoing around your head at some point, distracting us from our chores.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Their full-length debut album demonstrates how far they have come since the typical indie jangle of their first single
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  3. 8.0 |   The List

    The band’s frothy indie pop tendencies are best encapsulated by the janglesome ‘Foxtrot Vandals’, produced by Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch
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  4. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    ...a gentle album of folk-pop tunes that's pleasant, but inessential
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  5. 6.0 |   NME

    Thankfully, this is charming folk-pop as Brooklyn’s The Essex Green see it, not the same demented world Belle And Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch inhabits
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  6. 5.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Feels remarkably safe, not to mention derivative
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