"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
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Critic Consensus
Based on 27 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that These New Puritans is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. These New Puritans concert reviews describe live shows and performances as ambitious, cinematic, and peerless.
These New Puritans (sometimes abbreviated to TNPs) are a British art rock band from the Southend-on-Sea area. The group consists of Jack Barnett (songwriter, producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, loops), Thomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, drums), and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (keyboards, sampler).
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Critic Concert Reviews
The Guardian (UK)
February 24, 2020
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The duo's vast sonic canvases, here expanded with a 16-piece ensemble, are ambitious and cinematic but need focus
Spilling out into the far corners of the Barbican with choirs orchestras and pianos with PhDs the very definition of the band playing on a grand scale.
For fans aware of the band's meticulousness this wouldn't come as a surprise: such unwavering dedication to finding the right sound is what makes them such a rare act.
After two peerless if wholly bewildering albums in Hidden and Field Of Reeds and judging by their acclaimed Bush Hall and Barbican performances of Hidden three years ago it seemed the band could do no wrong.
One suspects that if Jack Barnett had his way, Heaven's dressing rooms would currently be occupied by a Harris hawk, frittering away the hours between soundcheck and showtime by angrily flexing its talons and staring hungrily at the bar staff.
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