Dec 2011 // Daily Rock (Switzerland) (Robert Pally)
Nov 2011 // The Guardian (Michael Hann)
Sep 2011 // Magic RPM (France) (Matthieu Grunfeld)
"dazzling melodic intuitions.... breathe life to a whole cast of characters sketched with irony and tenderness" 5/6
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Aug 2011 // The Sunday Times (Stewart Lee)
Aug 2011 // The Daily Mirror (Gavin Martin)
Aug 2011 // The Sheffield Star (-)
"imaginative observations and natty storytelling"
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Aug 2011 // Classic Rock (Terry Staunton)
Aug 2011 // Drowned In Sound (Andrew Kennedy)
Aug 2011 // Mail On Sunday (-)
"Fountains Of Wayne appear to have ridden out their slump" 4/5
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Aug 2011 // Soundmag (Germany) (Alex Plaum)
Aug 2011 // Subba Cultcha (Benjamin Hiorns)
"one of the last decades most thoughtful pop bands and this album might just be their best yet!" 8/10
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Aug 2011 // The Beat (Mike Davies)
"New York city’s answer to Squeeze"
"naggingly catchy, summery album"
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Aug 2011 // indieLondon (Jack Foley)
Jul 2011 // BlagSound (Clara Cullen)
"By far one of the best albums you’ll hear all year" 9/10
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Jul 2011 // The Independent (Kevin Harley)
"the droll songs of every-dude disaffection and midlife doubt ... cut closer to the heart"
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Jul 2011 // The Times (David Rose)
"older, wiser and no longer merely dispensing power pop for teenagers" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // The Independent (Andy Gill)
"sharp and intelligent songs having the peculiar quality of sounding fresh but immediately familiar" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // London Evening Standard (Pete Clark)
"It's little surprise that the group was named after a store selling lawn ornaments" 3/5
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Jul 2011 // BBC (Johnny Sharp)
"after two or three listens you’ll have one of this album’s many purpose-built ear-worms wriggling around inside you whether you want to or not"
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Jul 2011 // The Guardian (Michael Hann)
"Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger have lost none of their facility with melody" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // The Irish Times (Tony Clayton Lea)
"it should be playing from every radio station in the land" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // Uncut (Andrew Mueller)
Jul 2011 // The National (Oliver Good)
"The new Fountains of Wayne album goes beyond novelty" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // Tape To Tape (Jules)
"engaging, brimming with bittersweet pop songs and one of the best albums of the summer so far" 4/5
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Jul 2011 // Leicester Bangs (Kev A)
"as entertaining as indie pop music gets these days, a delicious mix of charm and wit, with sparkling delivery and enough pop nous to pull off a classic album"
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Jul 2011 // Real Gone Rocks (Real Gone)
" this album features material that is far better written (and arranged) than almost anything Rivers Cuomo is likely to commit to plastic "
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Jul 2011 // Word (Jude Rogers)
"their songs are little screenplays....short stories given brushes of gloss"
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Jul 2011 // Americana UK (Mark Whitfield)
"Not just the best album FOW have ever recorded, but a strong contender for album of the year" 10/10
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Jul 2011 // Melodic.net (Kaj Roth)
"an influence to more artists than people usually think"
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