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8.5
110909
8.5 |
Northern Transmissions
Violet Streets is fun and shiny enough to reward any immediate listening, but carefully compressed with enough sonic diversity and technical prowess to impress on much more lasting levels
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8.5
110939
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Local Natives have tapped back into the rich veins of sound from their first and second albums, taken the best elements of each – the spark of Gorilla Manor, the moodiness of Hummingbird
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8.0
111002
8.0 |
DIY
A tale of affection deeply rooted in the realism of love, not just in romance but in life
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8.0
110908
8.0 |
Exclaim
Takes a more buoyant and positive approach than usual
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7.5
111254
7.5 |
Earbuddy
Local Natives explore their ideas while getting super creative
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7.2
111123
7.2 |
Pitchfork
The L.A. band has long carried the flag for a particular strain of SoCal indie, but the follow-up to 2016’s fashionably yearning Sunlit Youth sounds both more personal and more timeless
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7.0
111512
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Despite the occasional moment of stagnation, Violet Street is a commanding collection of songs that strikes at the heart with it's earnest depictions of love in the City of Angels
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6.0
111212
6.0 |
Q
Very much an album of two halves. Print edition only
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5.0
111025
5.0 |
The Music
Instead of being a rich Tim Tam of flavour and experience... all the band seem to come up with are soggy biscuits
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