Grow Up (Desperate Journalist album)
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Grow Up is the second album by London-based post punk band Desperate Journalist. It was released on March 24, 2017, on Fierce Panda Records. The first single, "Hollow", was released in October 2016. The second single, "Resolution", was released in January 2017 and has been playlisted on BBC Radio 6 Music.[1][2][3] "Be Kind" was released as the third single in March 2017, just prior to the album's release.[4] A fourth single, "Why Are You So Boring" will be released in June 2017.[5]
The band's singer Jo Bevan describes the album as being about "figuring out what being an adult is supposed to mean". The cover is a photograph of Bevan at "at the start of [her] (ongoing) phase of teenage angst".[2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Q |   [6] |
| The Skinny | [7] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Desperate Journalist
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hollow" | 5:44 |
| 2. | "Resolution" | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Be Kind" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "All Over" | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Purple" | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Why Are You So Boring?" | 2:35 |
| 7. | "Lacking in Your Love" | 5:13 |
| 8. | "Your Genius" | 4:10 |
| 9. | "I Try Not To" | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Oh Nina" | 4:21 |
| 11. | "Radiating" | 3:23 |
Personnel
Desperate Journalist
- Jo Bevan – vocals
- Robert Hardy – guitar, piano
- Simon Drowner – bass
- Caroline Helbert – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production
- Desperate Journalist and Keith TOTP – production
- Jonny Solway – engineering
- Jonny Solway with Desperate Journalist – mixing
- Pete Maher – mastering
B-sides
From "Hollow"
- "Hollow" (Medium Wave remix)
From "Resolution"
- "Bruce" (lyrics Springsteen)
References
- ^ Roy, David (2017-01-13). "Noise Annoys: Desperate Journalist Grow Up". The Irish News. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ a b "WATCH: New Desperate Journalist Vid". 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ BBC Radio 6 Music [@BBC6Music] (2017-01-17). "New to the playlist - tracks from @boniver @TheRyanAdams @theflaminglips @petedoherty @DespJournalist and more http://bbc.in/2ixU0Rk" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Johnson, Laura (2017-03-10). "Desperate Journalist Stream New Single Be Kind". Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "DESPERATE JOURNALIST RELEASE NEW SINGLE ON JUNE 2ND". Fierce Panda. 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ Price, Simon (March 2017). "Reviews: Desperate Journalist: Grow Up". Q Magazine.
- ^ Krail, Gary (2017-03-03). "Desperate Journalist – Grow Up". The Skinny.
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