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Radio Wars

Howling Bells

Radio Wars

Aussie indie rock band's second album, recorded with producer extraordinaire Dan Grech-Marguerat

ADM rating[?]

5.2

Label
Independiente
UK Release date
02/03/2009
  1. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    As a second album, Radio Wars is almost perfect to a fault. While it consolidates the band’s much-applauded sound, Howling Bells has capitalised on its newfound confidence by burrowing untrodden terrain that offers fans more reason to invest in them a second time
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  2. 6.1 |   Pitchfork

    Sometimes wars are won with persistence and numbers alone, after all. And in any case, when you're cruising along in a pleasure craft as nice and reliable as this one, it's all right to tread a little water
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  3. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The Bells deliver billowy dream pop accented with atmospheric guitars, string arrangements and digitized beats
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  4. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    All in all disappointingly average; pleasant but fairly forgettable, and in contrast to its misleading title, should really have been named Radio Friendly instead.
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  5. 6.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    The minor chords toll with uplifting misery.
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  6. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Her thin voice has no range: you want wistful? Here's kittenish. You want angry? Here's kittenish. You want passionate? Here's kittenish.
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  7. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    Polished but spiritless album is the work of a talented band whose desire to impress radio programmers has trumped any need to express themselves.
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  8. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    Only one track, Cities Burning Down, pops its head over the parapet.
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  9. 3.0 |   The Quietus

    One of the more discreet highlights of 2006... lost sight of the very thing that made them special in the first place.
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