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If You Leave It Alone

The Wave Pictures

If You Leave It Alone

Eighth album from the English alt.rock band

Label
Moshi Moshi Music
UK Release date
04/05/2009
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  1. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Part of The Wave Pictures charm is that they operate on their terms only, and given time, and several more listens, by the turn of 2009 there's every chance this record's appeal will have grown in dispatches
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  2. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    Astute lyrics sung in an English accent have always been a tough sell in the U.S
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  3. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Essentially, If You Leave It Alone is an alright record. It’s a hard balance to strike between words and music, but when music becomes incidental to words that aren’t really that striking, it’s a little frustrating.
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  4. 5.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    As uninspired and overlong as its title, with little sign of the breezy poptimism that littered the bands’ previous material
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