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Chants For Socialists

Darren Hayman

Chants For Socialists

Album number eleven from the prolific English singer-songwriter is based on a pamphlet of lyrics found at the William Morris Museum

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Where Its At Is Where You Are
UK Release date
02/02/2015
US Release date
02/02/2015
  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Full of beautifully written and well-crafted tunes
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A beautifully crafted love-letter to the real humanity that is the soul and centre of socialism, both sad and sweet, melancholy and inspiring
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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    In an age where political protest is reduced to smug hectoring and convenient self-advancement, Hayman's take on Morris's late 19th century works is modest but true
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Subtle musical poignancy, closer to Big Star than Billy Bragg. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Passionate words, devoid of modern irony, and free of the fear of sounding trite. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    Hayman's brand of pop has always been on the intellectual side and the archival nature of these Morris texts dovetails well with the kind of music he's been making in the years leading up to this fine release
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  7. 4.0 |   The 405

    Darren Hayman has undoubtedly done a good thing here, and so it seems a shame that the musical result sounds so uninspiring
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