Pitchfork reviewed the Pale Young Gentlemen self-titled release today. The band found themselves at #27 on the Best Albums of 2007 according to Metacritic.

Despite the respectable score, Pitchfork does their typical tear down before building up in the opening paragraph:

…prepared to dismiss the blog-approved, self-released album from Pale Young Gentlemen on principle. Oh, if only it were 2005 again for these guys! Their penny orchestra sound is just enough off the beaten path to raise notice and the cutesy DIY details can fill out the rest (there’s a song called “Clap Your Hands” and anyone who received this record by mail now has the drummer’s address). But if people are really willing to stem the process of thrusting embryonic bands into unjustified shitstorms of press, more power to Pale Young Gentlemen, as their eponymous debut is a lean 30 minutes that’s better served as a springboard to something greater, equally balanced promise and “not there yet.”

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