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Lacuna

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Lacuna

Debut album from the London-based lo-fi indie pop quartet produced by Dan Carey (Bat For Lashes, Hot Chip, Steve Mason)

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
House Anxiety
UK Release date
11/08/2014
US Release date
19/08/2014
  1. 10.0 |   Art Rocker

    At a time when psychedelic bands are coming out of every hole, Childhood have got it just right and Lacuna is one of the best debut albums of 2014
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  2. 8.0 |   DIY

    Perhaps most impressively, is the record’s consistent hooks
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    One of the most thrilling guitar records of the year and establishes them as the leaders of the insurrectionist pack
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    Childhood have concocted a debut that’s more than capable of standing up to the rougher approach of their geographical peers. In doing so, they've uncovered a diamond
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    From Blue Velvet, the startling debut single that opens the album, through to the close, there's barely a misstep
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  6. 7.8 |   Earbuddy

    Lacuna may not reinvent the wheel, but like Cheatahs, they improve on existing formulas to refine the genre even further
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  7. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    They're a bit like Wild Nothing with Mac DeMarco's gap-toothed grin, expansive in their reverby soundscapes but never really weepy
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    A promising debut with a few flashes of brilliance, Lacuna is an appealingly summery set of songs despite a few lulls in its energy
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  9. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Doesn’t quite fill in a gap completely on its own, but it does lay foundations for more to come
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  10. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    This debut album has a hidden depth that is manifested within its genre defiance
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  11. 6.1 |   Pitchfork

    Childhood know how to put a song together—most often comprised of a soft-focus verse that sharpens right in time for the chorus
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  12. 6.0 |   The Observer

    There's enough in the circling guitar lines and dazed melodies of their debut album to induce reveries of late-80s British indie
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  13. 6.0 |   Time Out

    While ‘Lacuna’ is a solid and sun-drenched debut album, it might just have slipped your mind in a few years’ time
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  14. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Next to peers Palma Violets and Peace, Childhood come over as a leisurely proposition. Print edition only

  15. 5.0 |   The Music

    Childhood are young and capable, if not yet compelling. With their ‘tribute’ record out of the way, all eyes are on the future
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  16. 4.0 |   The Digital Fix

    By the end, the songs seem to have merged into one long track and the finger is hovering on the skip button
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