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Program 91

Razika

Program 91

Debut album of indie pop / ska from the youthful Norwegian quartet

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Smalltown Supersound
UK Release date
15/08/2011
US Release date
23/08/2011
  1. 8.5 |   The 405

    The influence of The Slits is heavy with this one. From the emphatic upstroke to the simple but driving drums
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  2. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The album isn’t a game-changer, but I’ll put this in the simplest terms possible – if you don’t like Razika, you don’t like life
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    It's pretty perfect
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  4. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s the idealized version of pop music, more inventive and exciting than most material on the radio
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  5. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    Spiky, sharp, post-punk-inflected pop, executed with laser-precise accuracy
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  6. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    The chemistry they have is irrefutable; their harmonies are always on par with whichever cross-rhythmic transitions these songs take course
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The record cuts a preposterously neat line in chanty sweetheart hooks - half sung in joyful, bouncy English, half irresistible Norwegian
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  8. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    The latest in a long line of bands to worship at the church of Big Star
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  9. 7.0 |   AU Review

    A fine debut that will remind you of that first, painful flush of being a teenager in love
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  10. 6.0 |   Uncut

    If there's a whiff of C86-styled whimsy in this debut, then its savvy more than compensates. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Bowlegs

    The problem with all of this is that it is so darn sweet, like someone perennially whistling while kicking their heels, or being bludgeoned repeatedly round the head with a bag of Tate & Lyle
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