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Uplift Shinkansen 37CD

1. Uplift, 2. Flexibility, 3. Aquaplaner

'like Belle and Sebastian, with their amps turned up' - Penny Black Music.

'Finally does their boundless experimental zeal justice, in that we think it is both their poppiest and finest moment to date...with its drum thwack and the mantra of Joe Boulter's plain yet oddly addictive vocal...a real breakthrough. there are a lot of things going on: disembodied backing vocals, two lovely acoustic guitar motifs, space-age keyboard loops, and that thwack...best of all is the gentle politics of the lyric, threaded throughout all of it, about facing up to responsibilities for personal actions and their consequences...the music, being a veritable sea of action, attraction, reaction and distraction, nicely echoes the narrative description' - In Love With These Times.

'Bouncing along with wonderfully danceable electronics, before kicking in with a funky little guitar...one of the most instantly accessible things Cody have ever done...essential' - Strange Fruit.