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9.0
9254
9.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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8.0
9306
8.0 |
State
Campbell has forged her own sound in an increasingly uniform world of modern music through repetition and a strict lack of instrumental embellishments. As a result, Nerve Up is refreshing, enigmatic, rabid, nostalgic and something new all at once
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8.0
9337
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
This is a unique and thrilling album. Her sparse instrumentation and vocal style may well have echoes of the past, but these influences fuse together to create something entirely of her own making
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8.0
9369
8.0 |
The Quietus
At first, driven completely by the past’s short, sharp shocks, it soon leaves behind the shackles of the city in which it was made, and becomes its own perfect, peculiar creature
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8.0
8784
8.0 |
The Skinny
The scratchy funk guitars on highlight Intuition bring back Devo, and the rest of the album is packed with perfectly pitched outsider pop
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8.0
8917
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
10560
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
11126
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A fascinating mélange of gritty Mancunian sensibilities (helped immeasurably by the intricately DIY production of Guy Fixsen, who has manned the boards for My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab amongst others)
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7.7
9894
7.7 |
Pitchfork
When she slashes a pick across her guitar strings, there's no way to avoid using a word like "sharp" and "angular" in describing what emerges
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7.0
9169
7.0 |
musicOMH
There may be one or two moments where Nerve Up lacks focus, but for the most part this is an exciting album from an intriguing talent
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6.0
9199
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
May not share the confidence of Juliet Campbell’s hometown, but it nevertheless stands as a fairly promising debut; and as further credence that Manchester remains a creative hub
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6.0
8800
6.0 |
The Irish Times
When Nerve Up jangles, it does so with a magnificent panache that will draw you back again and again
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6.0
8810
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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