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10.0
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The AU Review
Listening to Never Trust A Happy Song is like God smiling down on you, telling you are his most wondrous creation and then giving you $50 for being a swell guy
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8.0
32425
8.0 |
State
Faultless so far, this is one band you can put your trust in
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Smart enough not to repeat themselves, they dabble and dick about just enough, showing cool regard for throwing in a stomping anthem here, a country-flavoured ballad there
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8.0
31512
8.0 |
Q
They've mastered the art of catchy melody-making. Print edition only
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8.0
31524
8.0 |
BBC
Far from a cohesive album, but that actually works to its advantage – because it encapsulates the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows, of this emotional rollercoaster known as life
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Fly
They’re aiming for the same goldenglow corner as fellow west coast do-gooders Foster The People, and manage it with even more jubilation
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7.0
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7.0 |
Entertainment.ie
You're left with an image of a band used to the 'Cali' beaches and an unhurried life of sun, sea and sand
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7.0
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DIY
An album full of unashamedly summery songs
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rave Magazine
The sound might have been done to death, but Grouplove’s songs are interesting, well-crafted and above all else, damn fun
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
[A] wonderful debut
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
What it lacks in originality it makes up for in sweet vibes
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6.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Despite the title, it’s difficult not to trust the bright melodies
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6.0
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Slant Magazine
Finer moments arrive when Grouplove is crafting sun-kissed anthems that deserve to be blared across beaches
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6.0
31788
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NME
It's charms may not endure
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6.0
31813
6.0 |
musicOMH
On their own merits some of these tracks are classy pop songs, but there needs to be more depth and scope to Grouplove's sound if they are to look forward
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5.0
31602
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Many of the most memorable tracks are ill-thought-out genre studies that might have been fun to mess around with in the studio, but don’t warrant repeat listens
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5.0
33220
5.0 |
PopMatters
For every song on Never Trust that’s listenable, there’s an equally unlistenable counterpart
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4.0
31558
4.0 |
The Observer
There's no lack of tunes here but precious little spark
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2.0
32861
2.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
This is neither a vision of musical performance or a kind of listening practice that I for one particularly want to defend
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