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Jun 4, 2013She Paints Words In Red turns out to be the Camberwell crew’s finest--and most consistent--platter since 1990’s Fontana album.
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UncutApr 8, 2013Humility and sobriety suits a band who have never sounded more fresh and alive. [May 2013, p.73]
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Apr 8, 2013House of Love are comfortable in their skin without being complacent, sounding happy, even grateful, to be writing and playing again, winding up with a record that stands alongside their '80s and '90s work quite nicely.
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Apr 8, 2013It makes for a palliative record, to put on loop after an hour of Top 40.
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Apr 24, 2013House of Love offers an album that will likely satisfy whatever quiet hopes its fans have kept safe for the band.
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MojoApr 9, 2013It captures their two sides--songs are either rousing with crashing guitars, swirling atmospheres and arresting climaxes or empyrean, indie introspective ballads. [May 2013, p.88]
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Q MagazineApr 9, 2013There might not be any hits, but it's still a convincing chapter few would have predicted. [May 2013, p.102]
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Apr 8, 2013It's hard not to feel a nostalgic pang for their youth. You glimpse it in the chugging riff of A Baby Got Back on Its Feet and in the needling notes of Low Black Clouds, but only PKR maintains the tension.
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Apr 8, 2013The jangle and thrash of Terry Bickers’ guitar and the wistful air of it all could come straight from their self-titled 1988 debut.