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85
2:54 is above all a lean record, stripped of excess, a bare but muscular offering that pulls only sparingly from the crunch in its bloodline. With nothing wasted, it leaves you wanting nothing more.
8y
83
Colette and Hannah Thurlow are obsessed with throbbing guitars and spacious, haunting production — they’re like the Brontë sisters of atmospheric drone-rock.
11y
80
From its spacious, shoegaze-inflected production to the surprisingly clean melodic lines that resonate throughout, this is an album that rings with the honed precision and craftsmanship of a job thoroughly done.
13y
80
Dirges made of elegance, beauty, thunder and threat. Every song sounds the same, asking you to dig down into their beautiful textures to find both difference and loveliness, an activity which is well worth the effort.
9y
70
An album of huge promise rather than an instant classic.
11y
60
While their debut album is difficult to fault, it's equally difficult to get excited about.
2y
60
After only a few songs, you start wishing they’d take a few more chances with both the songwriting and sonics.
2y
60
These songs could benefit at times from a bit more variation, but there are plenty of inspired moments.
2y
60
2:54 exposes a band that knows how to make a good first impression but not a lasting one.
13y
40
From flat percussion and canned melodies to sloppy tremolo slathered on nearly every track, 2:54 leaves little to be genuinely excited about.
6y
30
A whole lot of sulk without much substance to back it up.
13y
All the tracks on this debut from the Irish-born, and Bristol-bred, Thurlow sisters have a funereal lament, but interlaced with pop sensibilities. They are in effect like black leather-clad Brontë sisters as purveyors of atmospheric shoe-gazing, goth-chic, with elder sister and vocalist, Colette Thurlow sounding like a mix of young Shirley Manson and Siouxsie. The album’s title is in homage to a specific time within the Melvins track ‘A History of Bad Men’ taking such ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Revolving 4:01 | 82 |
| 2 | You're Early 4:08 | 83 |
| 3 | Easy Undercover 3:43 | 78 |
| 4 | A Salute 4:24 | 76 |
| 5 | Scarlet 4:40 | 84 |
| 6 | Sugar 4:06 | 77 |
| 7 | Circuitry 4:10 | 82 |
| 8 | Watcher 4:25 | 76 |
| 9 | Ride 3:22 | 82 |
| 10 | Creeping 4:53 | 82 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
