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80
Now Or Whenever doesn’t feel like natural progression when held up against Moth Boys and earlier debut Enjoy It While It Lasts from 2012, but its ability to have you singing along in very little time at all is an impressive quality.
4y
80
Spector strike between the two eras of their sound, tempering all out alternative bravado with yearningly bittersweet baritone-crooning ballads.
4y
80
After an enforced eighteen months away, the Moth Boys have emerged from their chrysalis having swollen their already enviable setlist with a clutch of new bangers to parade on their autumn tour; time to get in the mixer.
4y
80
Back with their first album in six years, Spector prove they are more than their stadium smashing anthems of the early days with an album oozing with warmth and honesty.
4y
70
Spector is showing us the softer side of indie but still with their slap-in-the-face guitar we’ve come to know and love.
4y
70
Now or Whenever sees them turn over a new leaf and see things differently, but those same Spector idiosyncrasies are still scattered throughout—it’s exactly that that makes each release so special.
4y
60
There are enough alternative floorfillers here to show Spector should keep plugging away until whenever the world is ready to let them back in.
4y
50
So much is happening on Now Or Whenever, but it somehow adds up to even less than the sum of its parts.
4y
Já conhecido meu por sua péssima capa, agora, o mais novo projeto da banda 'Spector' - 'Now or Whenever' - passa também a ser conhecido por sua baixa qualidade. Ô, baixa qualidade! Da mesma forma como fora mostrado através da água escorrendo para baixo, o álbum apresenta um trabalho decadente. É chato, repetitivo e sem nenhuma originalidade. 'Now or Whenever' é irritante, muito irritante. Sendo os culpados por esse crime o vocalista, ... read more
Spector - Now or Whenever
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: UK
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 5th / 10
Highlight: Catch You On The Way Back In (added to my 2022 best of)
Made me think of:
Wolf Alice
Twin Atlantic
The Wombats
The guitar work and the lead singer's voice makes this sounds like an Interpol album but significantly more upbeat. Unfortunately, the instrumentals, while technically well-executed, can sound pretty generic and even anachronistic. The guitar generally doesn't go hard enough to provide any real grittiness or tension either. It's an enjoyable listen but I'm not likely to come back to it anytime soon.
Favourite Tracks: Catch You On The Way Back In, Funny Way Of Showing It, Bad Summer, An ... read more
Spector, I’d forgotten they existed after their fantastic Truck ’19 performance. Nice to see a familiar face, especially with the classic partner for this week. The first proper track is just the epitome of classic indie pop music, so catchy (on the way back in), big chorus and a lot of fun. It’s great! And then unfortunately reality hits – they’re a pleasant band but that’s all they have to offer. Spector are interchangeable with Vistas, Sea Girls, The ... read more
Now or Whenever isn’t groundbreaking. But, it's a good indie rock record with elements of indie pop. The riffs are great, the production is great. I love the synths, for example, the synth in the chorus of Funny Way Of Showing It. Also, the vocalist reminds me of Paul Banks sometimes.
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Track List
| 1 | When Saturday Comes 1:03 | 66 |
| 2 | Catch You On The Way Back In 3:16 | 71 |
| 3 | Do You Wanna Drive 2:07 | 65 |
| 4 | Norwegian Air 3:22 | 76 |
| 5 | Funny Way Of Showing It 3:38 | 79 |
| 6 | No One Knows Better 3:28 | 68 |
| 7 | I'm Not Crying You're Crying 3:39 | 65 |
| 8 | Bad Summer 2:45 | 79 |
| 9 | D-Roy 3:44 | 75 |
| 10 | This Time Next Year 2:34 | 58 |
| 11 | An American Warehouse in London 6:03 | 80 |
Total Length: 35 minutes
