All or Nothing

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AlbumFeb 07 / 202010 songs, 30m 37s90%
Post-Punk
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Shopping return with their new album All Or Nothing – a record that speaks about commitment, leaps of faith and tests of courage. “A lot has happened in our personal lives since we last recorded and we knew this album was going to reflect that exciting and scary feeling that comes with change, heartbreak and personal evolution”, the band explains. Since their last record the band are now spread across the globe with Billy in LA and Andrew and Rachel in Glasgow, and the songs were written in a two week intensive period while they were all together. Taking a bold leap towards pop with their most vibrant & punchy production to date, mixed and produced by Nick Sylvester.

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7.8 / 10

The disco-punk trio’s new record leans more heavily on synthesizers and drum pads, but stops just shy of redefining the group as a synth-pop band.

7.8 / 10

It retains the amazing sense of propulsion and momentum the group have made their own.

Shopping has such a clearly defined sound -- spiky melodies, spring-loaded basslines, rhythms that just won't quit -- that small changes make a big impact.

The London/Glasgow trio deliver a fresh slice of anti-establishment disco on their latest album, All or Nothing.

8 / 10

Dance, like politics, concerns itself with assembling and managing bodies, with making them move. It's perhaps no surprise, then, that movem...

7.5 / 10

Shopping is more than just Rachel Aggs, but it comes as no surprise to find the British post-punk trio’s fourth record opening on her distinctive guitar work. She plays with a glorious sharpness, fluidly precise, jarring without turning discordant.

(FatCat)

7 / 10

East London post-punk band Shopping have not seen much of a bounce from The Official Body, their underrated 2018 album.

Album Reviews: Shopping - All Or Nothing

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