Every Open Eye
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Every Open Eye
Every Open Eye is the second studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches, released on 25 September 2015 by Virgin EMI Records and Goodbye Records.[Self-produced, it is the band's follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album, The Bones of What You Believe(2013). The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Clearest Blue".[4]The album received positive reviews rom music critics and was listed on several year-end best-of lists."-Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Slant
Pop music with sharp edges and high stakes.
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Backseat Mafia
An album of defiance, showcasing the trio’s confidence as they navigate the music industry
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XS Noise
A tighter, brighter and more confident sound.
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Paste
Their objective certainly seems to be giving strength and inspiration to the listener.
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The Line of Best Fit
Smoothes out the gritty, edgier pillars of their church.
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NZ Herald
Bursting with electro synth-pop powered energy, laced with a dark twist.
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The Guardian
Chvrches at their prettiest.
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Drowned in Sound
Every Open Eye seems neutered
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Pitchfork
It manifests as that uncanny, priceless quality of the truly popular: confidence.
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NPR Music
No apologies, no caveats, no halfway measures
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Consequence of Sound
Every Open Eye glints like a freshly whitened smile.
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Spin
Sets lines about ambition and emotional self-sufficiency
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The Anchor Point
Cleaner, brighter and more powerful than ever
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Wizard Radio
Offers subtle improvement without any drastic changes to the formula.
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Outline Online
heightened strength, lyrically, thematically and musically.
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Clash Magazine
Another heavenly and peerless collection from the Glaswegian synth-poppers.
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Slug Magazine
Every Open Eye showcases some of the most joyous songwriting that the band’s produced
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The Verge
Bury it, and rise above! That’s Every Open Eye in two lines
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Under the Radar
The sound of a band moving steadily forward
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NYLON
Hurricane of synths and soaring vocals that are as defiant as they are vulnerable
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Music OMH
Every Open Eye is a solid album with few surprises
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The Know
Chvrches came for our hearts, and they’ll take them.
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Golden Plecx
‘Every Open Eye’ is their scream into the void.
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Sputnik Music
Proves Chvrches to be a band that hones in on its strengths, develops them, and uses those strengths.
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Atwood Magazine
They’re not afraid to continue to be themselves
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The Young Folks
Shows a significant maturation and growth in confidence
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Stereogum
I hear an album full of songs that have been precision-engineered to make you feel things when you hear them in large rooms or fields full of strangers
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WVCW
Accessible and contagious
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Bearded Gentlemen Music
It’s synthy nostalgia with the depressing parts painted over.
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Methods Unsound
Sugary synth-pop catchiness made for a far more interesting listen
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The Edge
Every second shows confidence
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The Mongoose
Recalls the finest moments of the 80s synth-pop era.
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Financial Times
Deft take on classic 1980s synth-pop
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Source
A fab line up of energetic anthems to get you dancing.
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A Bit of Pop Music
Chvrches managed to create a close to perfect sophomore effort with electro pop at its finest!
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The Perfect Tempo
Sounding unlike anything they’ve done before
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Daily Review
Chvrches know what they do well and on Every Open Eye they deliver more of it .
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The Up Coming
Mostly supplies us with the predictable conventions that Chvrches are so fiercely fixed to.
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Speaker TV
More confident and bold than before.
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Speakers in Code
Poppy, hooky, catchy music
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Spectrum Pulse
A 9/10 from me with the highest of recommendations
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Star 2
A little bit of throwback to the fun-loving yet disenchanted sounds of the 1980s.
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Talawanda Tribute
Gives everything an emotional punch
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Motley
Overall development in maturity.
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The Sound Board
Bigger and better with more of an edge
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PopMatters
Every Open Eye does instead is bolster CHVRCHES’ consistency as a hook-driven electronic pop band
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Alternative Addiction
like an intelligent debate and something worth listening to.
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CycleDrag
objective certainly seems to be giving strength and inspiration to the listener
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Killer Your Stereo
They channel that sound to make their art the best it can be.
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Reporter
Passionate love, triumph and the warmth of a human spirit.
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Swing of the Hammer
The delivery here is more even and well-rounded
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The Busted AMP
Do yourself a favor: find a couch, some coffee, and sit down and enjoy this wonderful piece of music.
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Tenement TV
Simple, catchy, enjoyable, danceable, light, completely new and self-made
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Immortal Reviewa
A statement on how humans desire change
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North Country Public Radio
Every Open Eye offers no apologies, no caveats, no halfway measures.
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