Our recent releases continue to generate spectacular reviews, so we’ve compiled some of our favorite quotes below. Click on the catalog numbers for complete release details including full reviews and soundclips. These four should be part of your collection already but if not head straight to the order page and resolve that situation at once!
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Various Artists – The Matinée Hit Parade CD
“You would be hard pressed to come up with a better compilation if you were making your own mixtape.” -Indiemp3.co.uk
“These are the best bands in the genre on the best label, offering up wonderful new tracks to commemorate a brilliant run. That makes The Matinée Hit Parade a true gift.” -Delusions of Adequacy
“This is as close to perfect a label compilation can get.” -Eardrums
“Perhaps the best v/a comp of this ilk since we set hands on the Bus Stop label’s ‘Peppermint Stick Parade’ somewhere in the previous century.” -Kisschase
“More stars in Matinée’s parade of hits.” -Erasing Clouds
“All told, compilation or not, this is one of the better albums of this year.” -Ink 19
“Excellent compilation of the cream of the label’s roster.” -Pennyblack Magazine
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The Hermit Crabs – Saw You Dancing CD
“The group’s jangle-pop pedigree is fairly impeccable, … and the album’s 10 bite-sized tracks breeze by with such a casual ease that it’s tough to find much fault.” -MAGNET Magazine
“Old-fashioned simplicity sits at the heart of ‘Saw You Dancing’ as the Hermit Crabs waltz through a pure pop album so easily you may forget how slick it really is.” -Aversion.com
“Indiepop perfection.” -XFM Scotland
“Ten tracks of perfect little pop songs that are just as heartbreaking and poignant during the upbeat and jangly songs as they are during the slower ones!” -IndiePages
“A solid debut which should provide the band with a sure footing on which to build.” -Is This Music?
“An essential pop album.” -Heaven Is Above Your Head
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Math and Physics Club – Baby I’m Yours CDEP
“Pop songwriting that presses all the right buttons” -Erasing Clouds
“The finest Math and Physics Club release yet.” -Left Hip
“What The Smiths would have sounded like with a sunny side…Baby I’m Yours presents a case that the time is ripe for Math and Physics Club to earn some notice.” -Pop Matters
“With this EP the bar is raised just that higher.” -Indiemp3.co.uk
“Math and Physics Club are BACK and they haven’t lost it either, with their tender marriage of Smithsian tales of youthful indiscretion and delicate, spinning guitars. -Kisschase
“Math and Physics Club continue to produce some of the finest melancholy modern rock on this (or any) continent.” -Three Imaginary Girls
“The perfect bit of pop sunshine to get me through a dreary winter weekend day.” -Delusions of Adequacy
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The Lucksmiths – Spring A Leak 2xCD
“This is a generous compilation, rewarding equally generous listens.” -Pitchfork
“The Lucksmiths aren’t just impressive, they’re impressively consistent.” -Aversion.com
“If the band can be this good on its cast-offs, imagine what the albums are like.” -Time Out Chicago
“Enough to make a skinny cardigan wearing kid uncuff his rolled up jeans and jump up for joy.” -Luna Park 6
“A testament to The Lucksmiths’ long and fame-worthy career.” -Delusions of Adequacy
“Essential for Lucksmiths fanatics and newbies and pretty much everyone in between.” -IndiePages
“An excellent chronicle of a distinctly Australian and intelligent pop group.” -Rave Magazine