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Modern English Decoration

Ulrika Spacek

Modern English Decoration

Second album from the Reading indie rock five-piece

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6.8

Label
Tough Love Records
UK Release date
02/06/2017
US Release date
02/06/2017
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  1. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The instrumentation moves from wrought to oceanic, casting a hypnotic mood with layered, intertwining passages
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  2. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    There is an inherent sun-down haze that permeates these tracks, complemented by the Victorian-era locale in which the album was recorded, that makes this an album that is difficult to shake
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  3. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    If there is a criticism to be lobbied at Ulrika Spacek's follow-up record, it is simply that it does largely only have one setting
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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    This is an impressive second outing that cements Ulrika Spacek’s position as one of Britain’s most intriguing, painterly guitar bands
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  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Motorik grooves underpin the most bracing songs. Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Terrific (if familiar)
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  7. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    These guys have got promise written all over them
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