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Drown Your Heart Again

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{{Infobox album

| name = Drown Your Heart Again

| type = studio

| artist = The Strange Death of Liberal England

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| released = 2010

| recorded = Old Blacksmiths Studio, PortsmouthCD sleeve-notes / back cover

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| genre = Indie rock

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| label = Republic of Music

| producer = David M. Allen

| prev_title = Forward March!

| prev_year = 2007

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Drown Your Heart Again is the first full-length album by British indie rock band The Strange Death of Liberal England. It was released in September 2010 on the Republic of Music label.{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15834/reviews/4141575 |title=The Strange Death of Liberal England Drown Your Heart Again |publisher=Drowned In Sound |author=Dom Gourlay |date=2010-11-24 |accessdate=2016-08-27 |archive-date=2016-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924065328/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15834/reviews/4141575 |url-status=dead }}

The album is not a concept album, but features a number of sea-related themes.{{cite web |url=http://www.sicmagazine.net/4452/the-strange-death-of-liberal-england-drown-your-heart-again/ |title=The Strange Death of Liberal England – Drown Your Heart Again |publisher=[sic] Magazine |date=2010-12-28 |accessdate=2016-08-27}}

Critical reception

Upon its release, many reviewers commented on the length of time it had taken for this album to arrive, five years since the band first came to prominence, and three since the release of Forward March!, their previous mini-album.{{cite web |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-strange-death-of-liberal-england---drown-your-heart-again-34728 |title=The Strange Death of Liberal England – Drown Your Heart Again |publisher=The Line Of Best Fit |author=Chris Tapley |date=2010-09-16 |accessdate=2016-08-27 |archive-date=20 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920085041/http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-strange-death-of-liberal-england---drown-your-heart-again-34728 |url-status=dead }}

[Sic] Magazine said "Their music is joyful and optimistic, blending folk-driven indie rock with the choral stomp of post-orchestral", comparing them to British Sea Power, I Like Trains and Efterklang.

Dom Gourlay's review in Drowned in Sound said that "the ten pieces that make up Drown Your Heart Again represent a composed transition for a band unfairly forgotten in an ever-changing cyclical musical landscape", rating it 7/10.

Track listing

From the sleeve notes, back cover and Discogs.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Strange-Death-Of-Liberal-England-Drown-Your-Heart-Again/master/795114 |title=The Strange Death Of Liberal England – Drown Your Heart Again |publisher=discogs |accessdate=2016-08-27}}

  1. "Flickering Light"
  2. "Flagships"
  3. "Rising Sea"
  4. "Like a Curtain Falling"
  5. "Lighthouse"
  6. "Autumn"
  7. "Shadows"
  8. "Come On You Young Philosophers!"
  9. "Yellow Flowers"
  10. "Dog Barking at the Moon"

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Category:2010 albums

Category:The Strange Death of Liberal England (band) albums

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