The Courteeners' fourth studio album, 2014's Concrete Love, is a sweeping, organically layered, '80s-influenced effort. Building upon the anthemic synth pop of their previous 2013 album, Anna, the Manchester outfit delve even deeper into a layered post-punk sound that finds them adding more guitars and even strings on some cuts. Featured here are such singles as the driving "How Good It Was" and the romantic "Summer." [In 2015, Concrete Love was reissued in a deluxe edition under the title Concrete Love: Extra Love, ...
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The Courteeners' fourth studio album, 2014's Concrete Love, is a sweeping, organically layered, '80s-influenced effort. Building upon the anthemic synth pop of their previous 2013 album, Anna, the Manchester outfit delve even deeper into a layered post-punk sound that finds them adding more guitars and even strings on some cuts. Featured here are such singles as the driving "How Good It Was" and the romantic "Summer." [In 2015, Concrete Love was reissued in a deluxe edition under the title Concrete Love: Extra Love, featuring the original 11-track album plus nine bonus tracks including five previously unreleased acoustic versions, three EP sides, and the charity Christmas single "Winter Wonderland."] ~ Matt Collar, Rovi
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