New Review Update: A Lot Like Birds; Holiday

More new reviews for your eyeholes. First, Renaldo Matadeen checks out the new LP from A Lot Like Birds,
No Place:

A Lot Like Birds are a technically gifted band; whether or not they're doing a good job of harnessing their gifts is another thing entirely. Kurt Travis being on vocals once again is certainly appealing, too; while he had a decent run with Dance Gavin Dance, it was apparent that he might be a better fit elsewhere and not long after leaving DGD, he joined ALLB for 2011's Conversation Piece. A Lot Like Birds are where he's placed, but maybe not quite found his voice, and there are a few kinks yet to be worked out as No Place feels like it's trying to find itself while attempting too much.

Read the review here.

Then, Rich Cocksedge examines the new self-titled 7-inch from Holiday:

The whole "happy songs about unhappy things" is aided and perfectly abetted by having a vocalist who has a caustic Lancastrian accent that reminds me a bit of listening to the punk poet John Cooper Clarke, whose famous rants are always accentuated by his regional inflection.

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