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Originally posted by Riverwide
2 out of 5 from The Guardian
What with the impeccable tailoring, the monochrome styling, and the slo-mo moodiness of their videos, Hurts should sound – or would like you to think they sound – like elegant despair. Alas though, the duo's Ultravox-indebted synthpop continues to sound like melancholy as made by Topman. Unlike their first album, with its sleek and sharp hit, Wonderful Life, there's no killer single here, however hard singer Theo Hutchcraft strains to convince you otherwise. It's all laid on thick – the violins, the choir-sung, stadium-friendly choruses – but the songwriting isn't sturdy enough to hold it all up.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013...s-exile-review |
MOJO - 5/10
Uncut - 2/5
The Guardian - 2/5
The Independent - 1/5! (to put this into perspective, 'The Female Boss' got 3/5)
Time Out - 2/5
BBC Music - favourable
The Independent On Sunday - 4/5
The Observer - 2/5
The Line Of Best Fit - 7.5/10
NME - 7/10
The Times 2/5
The Sunday Times - favourable
Q - 4/5
The reviews are all over the place, don't forget the 2nd 'The Independent' review, which is positive :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...c-8527665.html
It's been selling good so you tried though, like always
You'll probably report me again, like you always do lol.
