Release Date: Apr 5, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Pias America
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On debut 'Young Chasers', Circa Waves showed themselves as masters of the student indie disco, hammering out the kind of bangers that sounded tailor-made for the Radio 1 A-list, festival pals-on-shoulders moments or goal of the month celebrations at whim. 2017 follow-up 'Different Creatures' built steadily on this, adding a gruff edge to the Merseysiders' work, giving us bigger choruses and generally amping everything up to 11 in the meanwhile. It's a damn shame, then, that 'What's It Like Over There' is lukewarm and confused, as if festival main stage spots and Academy tours weren't proof enough that what they did, they did very well.
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