Shadows

Spin - "The objective of their fandom is youthful enthusiasm, addressing grown-up concerns with forever-young pop-rock stylings." Uncut (p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "SHADOWS is full of drowsy sweetness and mellow doubt: the sound of a great group ageing gracefully." Uncut (p.36) - Ranked #23 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums of 2010" -- "[G]raceful melancholy prevailed..." Billboard (p.33) - "Love's '60s pop obsessions, Blake's gift for harmonic invention, and McGinley's plain-spoken way with a lyric all come to the fore as each takes his turn at the mic..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he band's famed harmony is achieved with three distinct, mutually supportive songwriters in constant rotation." Mojo (Publisher) (p.52) - Ranked #37 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[G]orgeously classicist....Delightful." Paste (magazine) - "Long-running Scots deliver more pop purity....The pop landscape is littered with folks who wish they could deliver one or two tracks as good as the dozen found here." Pitchfork (Website) - "The lightly psychedelic 'Into the City' ebbs and flows through tides of phased guitar into an outro of soaring Beach Boys-worthy harmonies." Clash (Magazine) - "[I]t's the chiming guitars and angelic harmonies that truly revitalise the soul. 'Shock And Awe,' replete with soaring guitar break, is a highlight."

すでに20年以上のキャリアを誇り、<グラスゴー・シーンの良心>と称賛され続けるギター・ポップの重鎮バンドが、実に5年ぶりとなる新作を完成させた。往年の極上のメロディーと豊潤なハーモニーは衰えないばかりか、より爽やかでスウィートさも増している。サウンドもこれまででもっともナチュラルかつオーガニックだ。年を追うごとにまろみを帯びていったかのような、まさに円熟の旨味が染み出た逸品と言えそうだ。
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