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Though their efforts to keep the flame of rock'n'roll burning bright are to be applauded, the feeling that the real standard bearers are tuning up elsewhere is impossible to shrug off.
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Too often, though, this record slips into a comfort zone that, while making it impossible to generally dislike, renders it hard to get excited about.
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There’s a more defined sound about their sophomore than to their debut, but in opting to clear up the blurred focus and smooth the edges of "Cuts," they also instilled in their music a thirst for hooks and melodies which they don’t always provide.
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Their original surging punkery has been preserved in the shape of a few basic indie-moshpit numbers like Into the Fold, but, elsewhere, the addition of trumpets and violins take things to a more interesting level.
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UncutThe second album from Cheltenham's The Duke Spirit sounds every bit the heads-down attampt at chart-bothering major rock album. Except, well, it's on an indie, and the tunes don't always match the band's stadium-echo ambitions. [Mar 2008, p.86]
User score distribution:
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J.ShepardCJul 15, 2009Talent overload, outstanding performance but their best is yet to come!
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CaseyRDJul 4, 2008
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SteveOJul 2, 2008I honestly don't understand these reviews! The band is great and the songs are well written... This is a great indie rock album.