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8.0
57521
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Yes, they are working with a previously-explored aesthetic, but they are molding it into a beautifully-original product
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8.0
57512
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Big TV will be echoing around the corridors of many a student halls of residence this coming term
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8.0
57545
8.0 |
Q
There's a sense of make or break here, but it's clear what they deserve. Print edition only
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8.0
57566
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Reminiscent both of the White Pyjama Music of the early 1980s (Fiction Factory, China Crisis) and the portentous Big Music of the later 1980s (Tears For Fears, Simple Minds)
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7.0
57513
7.0 |
Clash
White Lies sound like a band firmly in the present, utilising electronic samples with classic valve-driven guitar chords to accompany the trademark baritone of McVeigh
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7.0
57650
7.0 |
All Music
With Big TV, White Lies combine the urgent passions of their debut with the conceptual ambitions of their sophomore effort and by doing so, make the best album of their career
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7.0
57511
7.0 |
DIY
At moments they may have stuck too rigorously to the tried and tested White Lies formula of old, but at others they’ve pushed the boat out into waters anew with beautiful results
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6.0
57866
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
It's a pleasant enough listen, and the hooks are plentiful, but White Lies don't appear to want to completely engage their audience in the album's prevalent, genuinely important message that contemporary success can be deceptively shallow when sought under duress
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6.0
57524
6.0 |
musicOMH
While Big TV is unlikely to win over those who have already dismissed White Lies as revivalists, it is an album that is going to score highly with fans
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6.0
57530
6.0 |
The Guardian
80s Big Music wed to Depeche Mode's techno precision and the occasional bit of polite cock-rock raunch
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6.0
57571
6.0 |
The Observer
How Big TV sits with you will probably depend on your attitude to Vienna by Ultravox
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6.0
57547
6.0 |
Mojo
Finds Suede producer Ed Buller painting them in clouds of reverb underlining White Lies' desire to make The Big Music. Print edition only
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6.0
57548
6.0 |
NME
Features some of their most exuberant songwriting. But in parts they're still deadeningly generic
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6.0
57555
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
What saves Big TV from mediocrity isn’t its ambition, but its hooks
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6.0
57557
6.0 |
Evening Standard
It’s quality stuff lacking something completely their own
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5.0
58026
5.0 |
PopMatters
For existing fans it’s worth a listen, and it certainly won’t offend, but it probably won’t convert many new ears
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5.0
58245
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Full of pitch-perfect songs, but it will lead to digging for the real emotion, the heart buried somewhere at the center
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4.0
57624
4.0 |
The Scotsman
Like so many of their peers, their songwriting foundations are shaky
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4.0
57535
4.0 |
The Irish Times
A glossy but drab record that’s sorely lacking the crackle of authenticity and agitation
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4.0
57546
4.0 |
Uncut
Simple Minds, Depeche Mode and Tears For Fears might be due a slice of royalties here. Print edition only
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2.0
57642
2.0 |
Time Out
Nothing thrilling is coming, so don’t bother getting started
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