9 November 2026
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Second album from the Sheffield-based indie pop power trio
6.4
Standard Fare have become a band who’ve found themselves, or at least one that’s heading in that direction Read Review
Their relentless cheer might wear thin for some, but Standard Fare have returned with 12 songs that fans will devour. A late contender for indiepop album of the year Read Review
An accomplished set of intelligent, sparky old-school indie-pop. Print edition only
Standard Fare are young at heart, and despite their thoughtful and sometimes cynical outlook on life, their music seems to soundtrack that of a teenager with a big imagination stuck inside the confines of a big city Read Review
The album is exuberant, neatly sequenced, and over in about half an hour: a modest joy, but great indie pop is an accumulation of modest joys Read Review
Feels like a cleaner, slightly more sophisticated realization of Noyelle Beat's potential Read Review
What Standard Fare do feels more honest: they’re not trying to change the world; they are trying to make you pogo away your woes with them on the dancefloor Read Review
A bunch of surging melodies, all delivered with self-effacing charm. Print edition only
The trio’s made-in-my-bedroom sound makes listening to their music feel like your own private concert, which is great but can occasionally do them a disservice Read Review
An album that is fundamentally pretty samey - a jaunty, power-chord style that was all the rage ten years ago, but nowadays feels tired Read Review
We’re not seeing much in it, apart from an opportunity to reminisce, which probably isn’t the point of it Read Review
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Standard Fare: Out Of Sight, Out Of Town
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La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
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Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
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