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The Illusion of Safety

The Hoosiers

The Illusion of Safety

Second collection of old-fashioned pop rock anthems from the Anglo-Swedish outfit

ADM rating[?]

5.3

Label
RCA
UK Release date
16/08/2010
  1. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    You could argue the Hoosiers have just exchanged one set of cliches for another, but the end result still somehow seems less irritatingly craven than its predecessor
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  2. 6.0 |   BBC

    It succeeds, like its predecessor ... thanks to straight-laced, fashion-resistant GMTV pop-rock
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  3. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    They can still irritate at 50 paces, but daytime radio will find it hard to ignore tunes this sunny
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  4. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    The trio are generally better at bold overstatement, but the melancholic Devil's In The Detail whirs and chimes like a toybox Radiohead
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  5. 5.0 |   The Observer

    The English-Swedish trio trade 70s glam-pop for 80s synths and songs about rejection and dangerous love
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  6. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Two killer pop songs does not a pop classic make. And unfortunately, despite their gallant strides, the rest of the album is a chore
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