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Girls And Weather
by The Rumble Strips
The debut album for the English quartet was produced by Tony Hoffer.
LABEL: |
Gigantic |
RELEASE DATE: |
05 August 2008 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
NOTES: Original UK release 17 Oct 2007.
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80
Spin
The Rumble Strips are so contagiously charged up that it's tempting to overlook their pathetic mind-set.
80
Alternative Press
The Rumble Strips are often seen as Two-Tone ska revivalists when truthfully the sound is more like Wreckless Eric doing Memphis soul with occasional stops in Michigan to raid the vaults at Motown. [Sep 2008, p.159]
75
Prefix Magazine
Girls and Weather is a rousing debut effort from a band that isn’t out to try to pull birds by acting like the Stones (or the Clash or the Libertines).
70
New Musical Express
It’s Waller’s voice--one that proved too powerful an entity for his former band, Vincent Vincent And The Villains--that stops The Rumble Strips from being mere Dexys copyists.
70
All Music Guide
Girls and Weather loses neither steam nor charm throughout; it's an album for adults who want an excuse to behave like kids again.
70
Hartford Courant
While not all of the songs are so wide-eyed 'Time' is about resigning oneself to a life of domestic boredom--the Strips tend to keep things bouncy and light.
70
PopMatters
In the times today, it’s good that there are bands bringing the mood up.
60
The Guardian
Their Achilles heel is a lack of slow, gut-wrenching ballads, something they'll surely have to put right if they're to win Mr Rowland's blessing.
60
Dot Music
Girls And Weather is so cloyingly cheerful and eager to please that it might as well be "Big Brother" audition tape.
40
musicOMH.com
So while they aren't 'middle of the road' yet, their rumble needs to find a direction of their own before finding their speed limit.
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