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The Invitation To The Voyage

Eugene McGuinness

The Invitation To The Voyage

Second album of retro indie pop from the London singer-songwriter who is also part of Miles Kane's band

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Domino
UK Release date
06/08/2012
US Release date
14/08/2012
  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Equally in thrall to retro sounds – a bit of rockabilly, a shot of Merseybeat – and sings his love/frustration songs with a similar breathy ardour
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    The Londoner has used the past to forge a new path for himself - and it's paved with massive tunes
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  3. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Although the album suffers from a lack of shape (play it on shuffle and you won’t notice), McGuinness has enough personality to carry that off as consistency
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  4. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    What may initially appear to be vacuous pastiche with the odd flash of brilliance gradually becomes a hugely impressive release strung together with deceptively complex, unmistakably modern musings
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  5. 7.0 |   Clash

    From its very first note, this second solo album from the London-based singer-songwriter is a jolt of muscular, grown-up pop
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  6. 7.0 |   The Fly

    He’s aiming to balance a newfound style with a retro substance
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  7. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    Nothing original but no cause for head-butting either
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Playful inventive experiment in 21st-century power pop. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    If there’s a problem, it’s the ring of over-familiarity about most of the music; McGuinness just needs to tweak here and there, and he’ll surely be a borderline genius
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  10. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    An uneven album, but in parts an immensely satisfying one
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  11. 6.0 |   BBC

    Flashes of imagination can’t quite satisfy expectations for this second album
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  12. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Packs a sly wit and a melodic punch which, at its best, recalls early Squeeze and Talking Heads circa Remain in Light
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  13. 6.0 |   The Observer

    A cocksure, jaunty blend of art-rock strut and rockabilly jangle
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  14. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    You will love this album for the sound of this album, which is just as well seeing as all-but-three of these tracks sound almost precisely the same
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  15. 4.0 |   The Independent

    Eugene McGuinness has never been one to use a ukulele when he could employ a full orchestra, but on The Invitation to the Voyage he badly over-eggs sometimes slight material
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  16. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    Bright points make it difficult to write Invitation to the Voyage off completely, but celebrating it proves more difficult still
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  17. 4.0 |   Mojo

    This record often runs on the spot rather than making a giant leap into new territory. Print edition only


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