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The Golden Spike

Sky Larkin

The Golden Spike

Debut album of alt-pop from the northern English band

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Wichita
UK Release date
09/02/2009
  1. 9.0 |   Click Music

    Rarely will a debut album showcase as much self-confident aplomb as this
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    This is an album over which one becomes fond the more one listens to it. Its overall sunny-natured feel and its fine tune-smithery all combine to make it a collection of songs that is easy to recommend.
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  3. 7.0 |   NME

    With songs based loosely on archaeology (‘Fossil, I’), lonely car wrecks (‘Molten’) and a guide to how to achieve some joie de vivre, explained by way of atomic structure (‘Beeline’), even if this trio lack real edge and anything in the way of an earth-shattering song, Sky Larkin have at least had a go.
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  4. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Musically, this debut is promising - high-energy drumming and juicy layers of bouncy guitars and keys provide exciting ear candy.
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  5. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    The unrelenting energy is perhaps a little exhausting at times, but as musical pick-me- ups go, Kaleide is a record that stretches for the skies
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  6. 3.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    There’s just absolutely no inspiration here, no spark or flair or individuality to mark them out from a hundred bands
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