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The WireJul 26, 2013The Moths Are Real is a crisp and atmospheric set of idiosyncratic and finely crafted pop songs. [Mar 2013, p.60]
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MojoJul 26, 2013Steer is an astringent, droll, sometimes touching narrator; it's easy to hear why Cocker was so bewitched. [Feb 2013, p.91]
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Jul 26, 2013Jarvis Cocker produces with a relish for her oddities that is infectious.
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Jul 26, 2013What makes The Moths Are Real such a well, lovely listen is just how unforced this all is--not out of twee naivety, but by a brilliant sense that these songs are their own worlds, telling their own stories, with a bit of a twist.
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Jul 26, 2013So rather than the fanciful frippery it could so easily have been, The Moths Are Real is instead a fitting document of real life in all its mixed-up glory.
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Jul 26, 2013What may at first come across as a bottled up effort does in fact reveal astounding complexity on repeated listening.
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Jul 26, 2013Things remain pared back, but an ambition nurtured by classical training keeps things interesting.