Sideways to new Italy

"The once-chipper Melbourne five-piece reflect on sombre notions of refuge and home - though, thankfully, the masterful guitar-pop remains".

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"Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever har med Sideways to New Italy begået en værdig opfølger til debuten. Men der kunne godt ønskes lidt mere af et band, der med tre sangskrivere og guitarister har chancen for virkelig at udvikle det musikalske koncept til noget endnu større. Her er for få krumspring og for meget skabelonagtig rutine".

"There's no radical shift in direction: the interwoven lines of their three singer-guitarists still recall the pop magnificence of the Go-Betweens; the pulsing rhythms still give their songs a sense of urgency. But the success of Hope Downs - and the relentless touring that resulted - have clearly had an unsettling effect ... The result is by no means a bad record, it just feels like a small step backwards".

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