Painting

"Even if Painting does very little to expand the sonic palette of Ocean Colour Scene, it is a very strong, self-assured and confident recording. It's, in other words, a crowd pleaser. While I'm unsure if this is the stuff that will make international audiences swoon with delight, thanks to the LP's British-isms, it is definitely an album that the faithful in their homeland will hold closely to their chest and be happy to call it their own".

"Now they're safely out of what passes for fashion, their retroisms sound more loving than offensive. If we're garlanding not-so-different stuff on the Coral solo albums, a retrial for these guys could well be in order".

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