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Post Eletric Blues

Idlewild

Post Eletric Blues

Official release of the Scottish indie rock act's sixth album, self-released to fans earlier in 2009

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6.9

Label
Cooking Vinyl
UK Release date
03/11/2009
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  1. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    They make any comparisons with past efforts redundant by being so assured and proud of their present, and the result is a classically Scottish indie-rock album.
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  2. 8.0 |   The List

    This is confident, astute, concise guitar pop record which, in the current deafening sea of 80s aping, indie am-dram non-contenders that clutter our earholes, is something to be savoured
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  3. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Isn't so much a return to form as an ascent to a higher plane than they've previously occupied.
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  4. 8.0 |   The Fly

    ...the ‘Wild boys may not always shine, but this is luminous stuff indeed
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  5. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Six albums on and this band have definitely found their sound, their song craft and their feet as solid musicians
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  6. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A testament to Idlewild's stylistic and thematic consistency, while standing head and shoulders above the two albums which preceded it, if not quite equalling their career highs.
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Post Electric Blues may never be regarded by critics – and the public—as Idlewild’s finest hour, but it’s certainly a joy to listen to
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  8. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    ...they have still not found a convincing way of reconciling frontman Roddy Woomble's love of folk with their status as one of Scotland's top rock bands
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  10. 4.0 |   Q

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