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Chasing After Ghosts

The Crookes

Chasing After Ghosts

This Sheffield outfit release their debut album, a jangly pop indie record that has been favourably compared to some guy called Morrissey

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6.1

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UK Release date
21/03/2011
US Release date
22/03/2011
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  1. 7.0 |   Clash

    Punchy, literate tales of aching hearts
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  2. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The Crookes pay for their intellectualisation with a lack of anthemic immediacy, but it’s nice to know that there’s a place for poetry in contemporary pop
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  3. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Catchy, optimistic and clever
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  4. 7.0 |   DIY

    Throughout 'Chasing After Ghosts', the young Sheffield quartet shows their penchant for jangly guitars and concern for the downhearted, set to a enjoyable soundtrack celebrating the beauty of the shadows
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  5. 7.0 |   BBC

    Stealing from all the right places
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  6. 6.0 |   NME

    Smarter than the average purveyors of floundering echoey mid-paced indie pop
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  7. 6.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    At a time when it seems that British guitar music may be about to bounce back, The Crookes have missed a trick
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  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Youthful romanticism tempered with bitter regret and sadness is their stock in trade. Print edition only

  9. 3.5 |   Bowlegs

    There just seems to be a lack of originality here; the songs kick around in the same streets that so many have before
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