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9.0
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God Is In The TV
This album cannot be praised enough and deserves to be heard by everyone, everywhere
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8.0
112422
8.0 |
musicOMH
The Soft Cavalry have arrived – finally, after years of Clarke struggling to find that push – but the wait is worth it. This is a tremendous album that provides a new favourite each time you listen
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8.0
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The Observer
The band begin to breathe when they venture off-piste and concentrate on crescendos and longer instrumental codas: Pink Floyd by way of Secret Machines
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8.0
112285
8.0 |
Uncut
They've crafted a cerebral yet effortless vast and cinematic ode to love and new beginnings, one that splits the difference between shoegaze and synthpop. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Skinny
As The Soft Cavalry, Steve Clarke and Slowdive's Rachel Goswell present a highly-textured and intricate album that tackles the paradoxes of adulthood
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8.0
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NME
Somewhere between shoegaze and synth-pop, tackling frustration, anxiety and confusion, this powerful debut shows it's never too late to follow your dreams
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8.0
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The Independent
A slow-burning triumph
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
A stately, heartfelt gem
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8.0
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Clash
The album as a whole is smooth, straightforward, and well-ordered, and bears lyrics that are an ode to both Goswell’s and Clarke’s musical genius
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7.2
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Paste Magazine
There’s a pleasing weightlessness wending its way through The Soft Cavalry’s 12 tracks, alternately augmented and offset by Clarke’s lyrics, ranging from tender to grim to destructive
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7.0
112284
7.0 |
Exclaim
The Soft Cavalry is the sound of Clarke coming into his own as a songwriter, enriched by Goswell's contributions
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Another post-reunion project for Slowdive's Rachel Goswell. In collaborator Steve Clarke she has discovered a talented songwriter and married him, no less
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6.0
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6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Rachel Goswell and Steve Clarke’s voices often meld together beautifully. But sometimes they try to do too much with too little
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6.0
112283
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
There are gentle hooks everywhere, and there's no sign of filler right to the end of the 12 tracks
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6.0
112286
6.0 |
Mojo
There is quiet drama here but sometimes The Soft Cavalry struggle to project it beyond their own moody boundaries, or to find that extra charge. Print edition only
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6.0
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Evening Standard
His belated debut is full of unhurried balladry, washes of guitar and occasional swoops into dramatic, everything-but-the-kitchen sink climaxes
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