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8.0
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BBC
Come of Age proves this band has so much more to offer than the straight-up guitar stodge they’ve dished up previously. Sophistication suits them
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
A brave and stunning progression
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8.0
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Evening Standard
The band still sound derivative ... though the melodies and energy throughout are undeniable
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8.0
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NME
Breezes through their awkward teenage phase with ease
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
They may be musical magpies but what they build from their stash is gold. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Fly
With pace, bravery and growth, The Vaccines have forced the focus upon themselves
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7.0
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Uncut
Sees their punky, Spector-ish pop continue to evolve. Print edition only
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7.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Now two albums in, it seems as if Young is destined to be perpetually heartbroken. It’d be easier to feel bad for him if his group didn’t make complete and utter misery sound fun as hell
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7.0
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The Scotsman
In Young, The Vaccines have a songwriter with potential, whose talent may come to fruition by the time they release their third album, probably to be titled The Vaccines Sell Out
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7.0
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Drowned In Sound
A definite development
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7.0
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PopMatters
Come of Age is hardly more groundbreaking than its predecessor. But it is more than the sum of its influences, too
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7.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
The Vaccines provide two stellar moments on Come Of Age; the shanty-like, knockabout fun of “Ghost Town” with its scuzzy guitar-led chorus and “Aftershave Ocean”, which rocks and sways like a trip across the waves
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6.5
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Tone Deaf
A good follow-up to a good debut. Whether more of the same will cut it next time around remains to be seen.
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6.1
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Paste Magazine
A brief, indulgent and semi-trite mental vacation
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
There is precious little to set them apart from the retro-indie pack
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
Whether The Vaccines will ever write an era-defining album is questionable, but what they do, they do well
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6.0
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The Guardian
Starts off promisingly enough... but from then on there is precious little to set them apart from the retro-indie pack
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
Kick back and enjoy its cheap, catchy thrills
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6.0
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All Music
A perfectly acceptable sophomore record that neither helps nor harms them, which is probably exactly what they wanted
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Snappy and slick, Come Of Age is often solid without ever really sounding like a vocation. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
There is very little depth to the lyrics on Come Of Age, but that's alright because for whatever depth they lack, the make up for it with songs that will infect your membrane and make you forget what year it is
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4.5
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Beats Per Minute
More of the same stale formula, executed with a lack of perspective and individuality
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4.2
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Pitchfork
Even more of a dystopian nightmare than Kid A or an El-P record: The Vaccines draw us into a universe that revolves entirely around Young, and if he's got nothing to say, his only possible conclusion is that nobody does
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4.0
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Independent on Sunday
An album which whines about its lot in life in an utterly traditional and expensively designer-scuffed way
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2.0
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2.0 |
Art Rocker
They lazily experiment between varying different genres without ever mastering any of them
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