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9.0
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9.0 |
The Music
Jake Bugg has completed his transformation to mature songwriter for mature listeners
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
Bugg eases gently southwards into country, soul and ‘70s retro-yacht-rock territory
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Darker and more resonant. Print edition only
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6.6
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6.6 |
Earbuddy
These songs often gnaw rather than just dazzle the ear with cushy beats. McCluskey and Humphreys don’t let listeners get too comfortable
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
Though the faster songs are largely throwaway, Bugg is inching closer to a sound that is both familiar and very much his own
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6.0
98948
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Well-wrought, subtle music, best exemplified by Waiting, a warm back-porch duet with Noah Cyrus
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6.0
98944
6.0 |
Q
Somehow never quite catches fire. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
How Soon The Dawn and gently rock'n'rolling I Can Burn shine. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Although he has, mercifully, put hip-hop to one side, this lacks the authenticity of a real raconteur
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4.0
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4.0 |
Evening Standard
Five years on from his debut – he seems to be losing his way
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4.0
98952
4.0 |
NME
It’s hard to see where Bugg goes from here: he’s either a man still in search of a niche or, more worryingly, locked into the wrong one
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4.0
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4.0 |
The FT
Plodding and innocuous
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3.0
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3.0 |
Drowned In Sound
All in all, the album is unremarkable, showing only rare flashes of lyrical prowess, and melodically unadventurous
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