In Guards We Trust

Guards - In Guards We Trust
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2013 Ratings: #1006 / 1115
User Score
Based on 11 ratings
February 5, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
- / Label
Indie Pop / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

70
Drowned in Sound

Guards are one of those bands that sound great in the sunshine, with a cloak of hazy afternoon drunk to keep your shoulders warm and chin up.

60
Consequence of Sound

At its best, In Guards We Trust is terrific fun — a bold break from the cynicism and detachment that characterizes too much of the band’s native city. But a few more careful edits might have kept the record from blowing its gasket by side B.

59
Pitchfork

Whenever the big hook inevitably hits, the celebratory becomes perfunctory, no different than a TGI Friday's wait staff member forcing themselves to sing "Happy Birthday" over a giant plate of loaded potato skins for the twelfth time that night.

25
Pretty Much Amazing

In the end, In Guards We Trust leaves me wondering why this band—with nothing to add in or prove—even exists.

FinalLifeline
59

In Guards We Trust isn't as bad as the reviews could leave you to believe, but don't get your hopes up. There's very little substance here, and you may leave the album with either a sour taste in your mouth or a distinct feeling that you don't remember whether you had listened to anything or not. There's nothing to hold or hang on to, and nothing memorable. It's sad, really, cuz I kind of like that album cover.

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Track List

  1. Nightmare 
  2. Giving Out 
  3. Ready To Go 
  4. Silver Lining 
  5. Heard The News 
  6. Not Supposed To 
  7. I Know It’s You 
  8. Coming True 
  9. Your Man 
  10. Can’t Repair 
  11. Home Free
  12. 1 & 1

Year End Lists

#49/Gigwise
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Added on: November 17, 2012