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- Record Label: Where It's At Is Where You Are
- Release Date: Feb 2, 2015
- Summary: The British singer-songwriter's concept album was based on the poetry by socialist activist William Morris.
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- Record Label: Where It's At Is Where You Are
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Feb 10, 2015Chants For Socialists is full of beautifully written and well-crafted tunes.
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Feb 10, 2015Hayman may fall short of fully embracing the Victorian utopian dreams of his source material, yet a communitarian spirit of which Morris would have approved pervades.
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MojoFeb 18, 2015The overall tone is one of forbearance rather than rabble-rousing provocation. [Mar 2015, p.100]
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Feb 10, 2015Hayman has given us a beautifully crafted love-letter to the real humanity that is the soul and centre of socialism, both sad and sweet, melancholy and inspiring--a collection of songs that belong to everyone and cement Hayman’s place as a nationalised treasure.
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UncutFeb 10, 2015The results are fascinating. [Feb 2015, p.78]
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Feb 13, 2015Hayman's brand of pop has always been on the intellectual side and the archival nature of these Morris texts dovetails well with the kind of music he's been making in the years leading up to this fine release.
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Feb 12, 2015Darren Hayman has undoubtedly done a good thing here, and so it seems a shame that the musical result sounds so uninspiring.