Reception

The album received mostly positive reviews, with the album being praised for its short, sharp songs and catchy melodies, but criticized for its repetitive song structure and lack of depth. Lou Thomas of BBC

BBC

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 described the album as showing "sporadic flashes of greatness," comparing the album to the works of Editors

Editors

Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...

, Foals, and Futureheads, whilst Laura Silverman of The Times

The Times

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described the album as "an excited burst of short, simple indie pop songs driven by jangly guitars and punk rhythms." Dom Gourlay of Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound

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 described the album as mixing Bloc Party

Bloc Party

Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...

's guile and wisdom with a pop sensibility not normally associated with modern-day guitar oriented bands" and as a "more accessible and less po-faced Antidotes

Antidotes (album)

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." Metacritic

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, which compiles reviews and aggregates them, gave the album a score of 67/100.

Personnel

• Chris May - moonsaults, egg-cracking
• Alex Trimble - vocals, guitar, synthesizer, beats
• Kevin Baird - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Sam Halliday - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Eliot James
  Eliot James
  Eliot James is a British music Producer, Songwriter, Musician, Sound Engineer and Mixer, represented by Audio Authority Management.After a studio apprenticeship in Manchester, Eliot relocated to London...
  
   - producer, mixer (tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10)
• Phillipe Zdar - mixer (tracks 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Mike Marsh - engineer
• Tal Amiran - drums
• Ben Dawson - trumpet (track 1)
• Mike Kezner - snare (track 8), sitar, backing vocals
• Heather McCormick & Anthea Humphreys - backing vocals (tracks 3, 5)

Charts

Charts (2010)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	44
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	46
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	22
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	51
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	72
Charts (2011)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	24
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	5
US Billboard Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	26

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Ireland	26 February 2010	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
United Kingdom