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8.5
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8.5 |
Northern Transmissions
It is a solid offering of new songs that typify an indie rock band who have always had something clever to say and clever ways to say it
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8.2
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8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
They finally seem to have recognised that it's not impossible to balance their slyly wandering spirits with their wryly written pop sensibilities to rediscover themselves at their very best
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8.2
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8.2 |
Spectrum Culture
Continuing to make their return sound new and worthwhile, the Scottish indie pop stars mine relationships for all their knotty problems
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8.0
132511
8.0 |
Under The Radar
If the album title is a coy reference to the fact that the band feel that they’re only now finding their feet, I’d be inclined to disagree. They’ve always been great and this album proves that they still are
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
If anything it serves as a stark example of just how far they've come since those timid, mawkish early days, and the rest of the songs give a glimpse of how far they might yet go
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
The latest album from Belle and Sebastian, Late Developers proves that the Glasgow outfit still have plenty in the tank
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8.0
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8.0 |
God Is In The TV
If you’re already a fan, I cannot see you being disappointed. If you’ve not previously given them much attention, here is as good a place to start as any
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8.0
132423
8.0 |
musicOMH
As a surprise shot in the arm to get the year off to a good start, Stuart Murdoch and co’s second album in 12 months is a very welcome New Year present
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8.0
132427
8.0 |
The Quietus
The twelfth album by Glasgow’s perennial indie-poppers radiates confidence
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7.6
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7.6 |
Pitchfork
On the quick follow-up to last year’s A Bit of Previous, the Glasgow indie-pop band’s on-the-fly energy and head-in-the-clouds musings collide in memorable and surprising ways
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7.0
132433
7.0 |
Exclaim
It's a sadly predictable complaint coming from a longtime B&S fan: they're at their best when they sound the most like themselves. Thankfully, there's plenty of that to be found on Late Developers — something that makes this album worthy of a few enjoyable listens before I inevitably return to If You're Feeling Sinister
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7.0
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7.0 |
Gigwise
More kitschy goodness
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7.0
132501
7.0 |
Clash
‘Late Developers’ is a fine piece of pop whimsy, delivered with self-deprecating panache
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5.0
132424
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Late Developers isn’t the first time in recent memory that Belle and Sebastian have gotten funky - 2015’s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance was an expedition into groove-heavier material - but it may be the band’s weakest
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