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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Welsh rock band The Bug Club was produced and mixed by Tom Rees.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jul 16, 2025There is an underlying maturity or confidence on display throughout Very Human Features that proves The Bug Club is far from done evolving. The ideas are more elaborate, their visions loftier, and the execution of it all is stellar and infectious.
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Jul 16, 2025Very Human Features gets more involved and goes to different places than previous albums from the Bug Club, but it drives its songs home by keeping energy in the forefront.
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Jul 16, 2025What Very Human Features shows us is that Harris and Willmett can do other things well, too, but more importantly, that they want to do other things.
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Jul 16, 2025Thanks to the understated musicianship, they swerve from jaunty riffs to moments of quiet contemplation without missing a beat. Elsewhere though, you will have to work too hard to find the hooks and the earworms are flittingly rare. While a quirky theatricality remains a common thread throughout, the tuneful lo-fi sound doesn’t reach the intricate and infectious musical complexity hinted at on earlier releases.