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The Globe

The Silent Years

The Globe

Detroit five piece with their second release of art rock

Label
Gift
UK Release date
26/09/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   Click Music

    There’s no grand gesture, no real trademark or gimmick; before us, quite simply, are 16 beautifully emotive tracks, lovingly performed and packaged
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  2. 7.0 |   NME

    Though the experimentation occasionally goes awry for the most part'The Globe succeeds in displaying genuine diversity with sufficient distinctiveness to cut its own niche.
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  3. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    ...they are yet another band that have all the required musicianship and vision, but the inability to make the hard decisions when it comes to constructing an album ripe for multiple listens. We are left with an album that is painfully overlong, reaching for the apples that it will never be able to grab
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