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Sugar

Dead Confederate

Sugar

Second album from the alt.rock five-piece from Athens, Georgia

ADM rating[?]

5.9

Label
Kartel
UK Release date
23/08/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    Think Dinosaur Jr, mid nineties Billy Corgan, and, well, most of the angsty fuzz merchants from the decade of flannel shirts and generation Y, thrown into a blender with a hefty dose of tortured Americana and freewheeling psychedelia
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Dead Confederate have possibly made the best record out of all their contemporaries this year
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  3. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Sugar is a more streamlined affair that's on intimate terms with the concept of a melody while gleefully stamping on a myriad of effects pedals
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  4. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Overall, Sugar is oozing potential. Dead Confederate’s songs show a greater composure and a maturity that cannot be overstated
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  5. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Dead Confederate may just be the band to wake grunge from its slumber - on the evidence of ‘Sugar’, we’ll welcome it with open arms
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A decent enough effort but, although a step up from their debut, the almost unrelenting misery becomes tiresome
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  8. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    When the effects pedals prove too much, sublime standout Run from the Gun offers a different flavour in skewed, La's-esque minimalist pop.
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  10. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This sophomore album is a perfectly decent alt-rock record, but it importantly lacks both individuality and ingenuity and that’s the sad truth
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  12. 5.0 |   Prefix

    At no point does the whole cohere into something that rises above tribute
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  13. 4.9 |   Pitchfork

    Sugar is neither exciting nor egregious, neither good nor bad. It's just another rock record
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  14. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    There’s just enough good material here to believe that the problems with the record represent a temporary misstep
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  15. 3.0 |   No Ripcord

    Middle of the road alternative rock music with seemingly little depth and a whole lot of cliches
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