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Two Sunsets

Pastels/Tenniscoats

Two Sunsets

Joint venture between Glaswegian indie veterans and Tokyo underground pop duo

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Geopraphic
UK Release date
22/09/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Pastels fans will know what to expect from Stephen and cohorts after 25 years, and the new blend of eastern mysticism only enhances that appeal
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The performances throughout also retain a loose, lived-in quality that strikes an even balance between purposeful songwriting and the pleasant surprises of in-studio “mistakes”. This mix of the polished and the rough-hewn make for an album that startles as much as it soothes.
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The two bands inhabit such similar musical worlds - dreamy places where vocals are wispy, melodies gossamer and the word twee never far away - that their alliance makes sense
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  5. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Vocals are wispy, flute and clarinet float in the ether and the whole enterprise is forged with an impressively light touch
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  7. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    As gentle background music to a sunset in Glasgow or indeed in Tokyo, shot through with moments of melancholy and moments of bliss, one could do far worse
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  8. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    One feels, almost immediately upon pressing play, the warmth of a halcyon glow.
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  9. 6.1 |   Pitchfork

    Sometimes, the result is as frail and lovely as worn lace; sometimes it's just threadbare.
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  10. 6.0 |   Clash

    Many of the oh-so delicate tones that make Two Sunsets so pretty are sometimes detrimental to it, the delicate arrangements drifting into somnolence.
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