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Up, Guards And At Em!

The Pigeon Detectives

Up, Guards And At Em!

Third album of straight up indie rock from the Yorkshire five-piece

ADM rating[?]

4.8

Label
Dance To The Radio
UK Release date
04/04/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
  1. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  2. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Strays little from their chosen musical path. Print edition only

  3. 6.0 |   NME

    A more quality-controlled set than last time of big-chorus Cribs-riffing indie comfort food
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  4. 6.0 |   AU Review

    Consistently enjoyable listen
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  5. 6.0 |   DIY

    Songs that sound fresher and relatively more ambitious than what came before.
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  6. 6.0 |   The AU Review

    At about the halfway point on the record, it seemed like the band reverted back to their safety blanket of tried and tested sounds
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  7. 5.0 |   BBC

    The band struggles to dredge up any sort of sparkle
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  8. 5.0 |   musicOMH

    This is music to jump, chant and neck cider to, which is why their festival dates this summer may well be worth watching. As a studio album though, it's really nothing special
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  9. 4.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  10. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Akin to going back to a club you haven’t been to in years, only to find the same soundtrack playing
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  11. 4.0 |   FasterLouder

    Music that lacks a clear sense of purpose, of direction; no-one is trying to say anything, or achieve any sort of effect
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  12. 4.0 |   The Scotsman

    They all sound vocally constipated
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  13. 4.0 |   Rave Magazine

    This kind of stuff barely cut it then, and it certainly doesn’t cut it now. Ordinary
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  14. 2.0 |   State

    A perfect example of just why bands can’t keep making the same album ad nauseum
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