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10.0
105768
10.0 |
DIY
An overwhelmingly intimate record that makes you wonder just what Years & Years could be capable of next
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10.0
105802
10.0 |
NME
Filthy, sexy, thoroughly debauched pop at its finest, ‘Palo Santo’ feels like a magical album
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9.0
105733
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Olly Alexander takes charge on Years & Years’ gorgeous, commanding Palo Santo
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8.0
105740
8.0 |
Mojo
Sure-footed, supercharged second album for electronic pop trio. Print edition only
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8.0
105753
8.0 |
The Guardian
Expands their ambitions in adrenaline-filled songs of heartbreak smothered with self-destruction
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8.0
105756
8.0 |
The Independent
Band transcend their earlier incarnation for something bolder... and gloriously unapologetic
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8.0
105779
8.0 |
The FT
Imagery linking religion and carnality runs through the song lyrics, with well-worked shifts in pace and mood
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8.0
105782
8.0 |
The Observer
The electro-pop trio’s second album is in love with the 90s sound of Britney, but it’s singer Olly Alexander’s private life that’s front and centre
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8.0
105783
8.0 |
musicOMH
In a year when artists like Janelle Monáe are shaping the sound of queer music stateside, Years & Years offer a blueprint for UK pop that carries on the lineage of Pet Shop Boys and George Michael but is also forward-thinking and connected to the broader scene
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8.0
105829
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Shows them as a band with greater vision and ambition than they first seemed and one who want to lead conversations rather than follow them
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8.0
105856
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Palo Santo has Years & Years neatly avoiding the pitfalls other artists have gone down on their second albums. They’ve neither lost their identity by reinventing their sound, nor repeated the formula with inferior results
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8.0
105876
8.0 |
Evening Standard
A timely album and a leap forward stylistically and lyrically for the band; it’s the ultimate party in the face of prejudice
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8.0
105952
8.0 |
Clash
When Years & Years get it right, there’s no-one to touch them in the current UK pop landscape
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8.0
106035
8.0 |
Under The Radar
One of the year's most surprisingly excellent releases
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6.5
105767
6.5 |
Pitchfork
The British trio moves beyond the tropical-house Top 40 of their debut on a theatrical, diverse sophomore album that finds frontman Olly Alexander blurring the boundaries between sacred and profane
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6.0
105732
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Palo Santo is more than a match for its predecessor and sees Years & Years develop their sound, but never too much to put off teen fans of their fluffiest, frothiest moments
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6.0
105758
6.0 |
The Irish Times
There’s a thin line between fun and corny
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