The High Wire - The Sleep Tape
If ever there was a case of the production saving an album from being one hell of a letdown, this would be it.
1st March 2010, 8:37pm
If ever there was a case of the production saving an album from being one hell of a letdown, this would be it.
1st March 2010, 8:37pm
Say hello to Blood Red Shoes mark 2, and an incendiary second record.
1st March 2010, 3:08pm
The three words ‘Swedish pop group’: What, or more appropriately who, do they make you think of?
22nd February 2010, 3:15pm
Or ‘How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make One of the Best Pop Albums of Recent Years’
18th February 2010, 9:09pm
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We’ve chat to the band about their new album, live shows ‘n stuff.
16th February 2010, 9:39pm
No band is unpigeonholeable, they say. Well, this lot are doing a damn good job to prove them wrong.
11th February 2010, 4:21pm
More hooks than you can shake a stick at.
10th February 2010, 4:40pm
Call us optimistic, but while this is their best effort to date, we feel that they somehow haven’t peaked just yet.
5th February 2010, 5:40pm
You get the sense that this time around, it really is a case of sink or swim for The Sunshine Underground.
5th February 2010, 5:06pm
Natural progressions are always the best.
2nd February 2010, 3:50pm
The band never stick to the script.
29th January 2010, 4:45pm
The hype surrounding the band’s second record had reached a sort of fever pitch.
28th January 2010, 5:49pm
They’re well capable of a flawless release. Whether that comes in the form of a ‘record’ or an album proper is irrelevant: if any band can do it, this lot can.
26th January 2010, 6:00pm
One track that dragged the record down would disrupt its flow, but there’s nothing of the sort here.
22nd January 2010, 4:29pm
It should be noted that it’s a concept record of sorts…
12th January 2010, 6:58pm
They’re writing pop songs again, but when we say pop, we mean Cold War Kids’ version of pop.
6th January 2010, 9:31pm
It’s definitely more of a ‘grower’ album – and the rewards are great indeed if you give it time.
5th January 2010, 4:58pm
On the evidence that the lead single from their third album provides, they deserve quite a lot more recognition than they’ve garnered so far in their career.
7th December 2009, 6:16pm
They’ve held on to their new-found pop sensibilities.
4th December 2009, 8:51pm
To the uninitiated, the music Battle For Paris produce seems quite overwhelming, but persistence is the key.
30th November 2009, 7:01pm
This bodes very well indeed for the album.
16th November 2009, 4:41pm
Interwoven guitar patterns, off-kilter time signatures and a rock-solid rhythm section are all present here.
16th November 2009, 2:32pm
So, did they embrace their newfound pop sensibilities completely?
10th November 2009, 8:00pm
Difficult second album? Pfft. As if.
26th October 2009, 6:13pm
Featuring SOFT PLAY, Corinne Bailey Rae, 86TVs, English Teacher and more!