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8.5
11779
8.5 |
The Quietus
They're a band after your heart and your feet. And if Hippies doesn't get both of them going you better step back from that jukebox right away
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8.1
11451
8.1 |
Pitchfork
They are committed to crafting bubblegum choruses flavored with booze and cigarettes. Hippies... showcases just how strong that commitment is from the opening bell
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8.0
11454
8.0 |
Blurt
It's music that catches you off guard and keeps you off balance with its exquisite twists and turns from the norm - simple, basic music with a live-wire running through it
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8.0
11475
8.0 |
NME
There’s 12 amazing, singalong beauties here
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7.5
11746
7.5 |
Bowlegs
Harlem manage to keep the ‘nice’ turned down to tolerable levels, tempering it with garage pop which, while it won’t trouble your brain too much, will induce involuntary finger-clicks, foot-taps and occasionally the odd spin and clap
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7.0
11512
7.0 |
No Ripcord
A no-frills garage-rock record that is fun and energetic, and the utter lack of pretence is a breath of fresh air in this era of overproduced corporate drivel
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7.0
11448
7.0 |
musicOMH
Bubblegum trash-pop at its simplest and it positively oozes boardwalk cool
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6.0
11449
6.0 |
PopMatters
They don’t sound hidden and bored behind all the haze, but instead work their way through it, and in the end offer up a solid record
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6.0
11464
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Depending on your appetite for ’60s-vintage jangle-punk serenades, can teeter on the too-much-of-a-good-thing threshold
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6.0
11581
6.0 |
Q
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6.0
11489
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Harlem have plenty of throwaway choruses, dirty jangles and goodtime hooky jams at their disposal, which they dispense with a sloppy flourish and at a blistering pace
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6.0
12012
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
While the breathless brevity of the album is part of its appeal, the second half of the record lags a bit under the strain of similarity, with one song’s uncomplicated arrangements tending to sound indistinguishable from the next
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6.0
12094
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
If you want to find out why the Beatles caught the attention of the planet then this is as close as you will get to those sweaty Cavern gigs where it all began
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4.0
12635
4.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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