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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Canterbury psych-rock quartet was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Harvest
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 18, 2014Tunes like Autograph and Hometown Blues rush forward with purpose and verve. [Jul 2014, p.95]
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Q MagazineJun 13, 2014Unlike their forebears, they are never guilty of over-stretching their songs, ensuring Syd Arthur supply lushly brocaded pleasure throughout. [Jul 2014, p.102]
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May 21, 2014Syd Arthur avoids any whiff of trendiness and just gets down to the business of writing and performing timeless music on its second record Sound Mirror.
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MojoJul 24, 2014Sound Mirror is far more than an exercise of indulgence. [Jul 2014, p.94]
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Under The RadarSep 5, 2014The last half of the record ventures a bit too much into artistic pretension, but the first half's innovative hospitality keeps this from being a bad record at all. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.105]
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Jun 16, 2014Now with trippier violin filigrees, they sound even more like the offspring of groups like Soft Machine and Caravan.
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May 21, 2014There are still instances where the band lose sight of themselves, either not allowing the real heroes of the songs to take full control or plainly not recognizing where to trim the fat.