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React Or Die

Butcher Boy

React Or Die

Second album from the Glasgow indie pop outfit

ADM rating[?]

8.0

Label
How Does It Feel To Be Loved?
UK Release date
13/04/2009
  1. 10.0 |   The Times

    The secret ingredient here is the monastic commitment that the most beautiful pop songs divine from those given the job of playing them. By filling up an album with them, Butcher Boy have set a standard against which every other release this year must surely be judged.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Theirs is the sound of delicate, melody-charred vignettes that requires time, space and an attention span stretching beyond Channel Four list-umentaries to truly appreciat
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  3. 8.0 |   Mog

    They have retained their core ethos but appear to have become slightly more mainstream which is a good thing for such a talented bunch
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The detractors will bang on about Belle And Sebastian. But to be honest who cares? This is a wry, melodic collection of beautifully played indie pop, and deserves to crop up in the end of year best of lists.
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  5. 8.0 |   NME

    Their second album serves up what all good indie pop comebacks do: more of the same. 
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