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Evening Standard
Where the songs are tinged with a greater gothic melancholy, such as Loveless Girl and Black, the band feel at their most individual and interesting. This is an accomplished debut with the promise of more to come
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8.0
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DIY
For all their goth rock exterior, ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ is ultimately a pop record with substance at its core
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8.0
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NME
Their debut album encapsulates everything Pale Waves are: emotional, arresting and endearing
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
These young Mancunians have perfected what makes pop such an addictive, essential genre, and My Mind Makes Noises is both immediate and idiosyncratic
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8.0
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God Is In The TV
Sure, the lyrics might need a bit of polishing, but this is a strong debut from a band who understood the beauty of a POP song
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7.0
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Clash
Outsider pop has rarely seemed so glamorous
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7.0
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Exclaim
The record makes a strong argument for the band as the leading entry in the growing genre of 1975-core
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6.0
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The Observer
My Mind Makes Noises boasts pop craft to rival big-money production teams, and much better eyeliner to boot
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6.0
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Q
There's room for improvement. Print edition only
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4.0
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The Irish Times
Pale Waves wrap the singer’s words in shabby electronic orchestration that’s sugary to the point of turning acidic and the occasional echoing guitar line that recalls Coldplay at their most trite
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4.0
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The Independent
Pale Waves show flashes of potential but an awful lot of mimicry
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4.0
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The Guardian
As a band, their idiosyncrasies are currently all visual, rather than musical: after a while, the songs start to blur into each other
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3.0
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The Music
Lead vocalist Heather Baron-Gracie sounds bored, and while her voice is technically proficient, it sounds utterly anonymous
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