Grow Up (Desperate Journalist album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Grow Up
| type = studio
| artist = Desperate Journalist
| cover = File:Desperate Journalist - Grow Up album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 24 March 2017
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post punk, indie rock
| length = 44:45
| label = Fierce Panda
| producer = Desperate Journalist, Keith TOTP
| prev_title = Good Luck EP
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = You Get Used To It EP
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Grow Up
| type = Studio
| single1 = Hollow
| single1date = October 2016
| single2 = Resolution
| single2date = January 2017
| single3 = Be Kind
| single3date = March 2017
| single4 = Why Are You So Boring
| single4date = June 2017
}}
}}
Grow Up is the second album by London-based post punk band Desperate Journalist. It was released on 24 March 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2017/01/13/news/noise-annoys-desperate-journalist-grow-up-881048/|title=Noise Annoys: Desperate Journalist Grow Up|date=2017-01-13|accessdate=2017-01-28|first=David|last=Roy|periodical=The Irish News}}{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/21660-desperate-journalist-resolution-video|date=2017-01-27|access-date=2017-01-28|title=WATCH: New Desperate Journalist Vid}}{{cite tweet|user=BBC6Music|author=BBC Radio 6 Music|number=821410566182961152|date=2017-01-17|title=New to the playlist - tracks from @boniver @TheRyanAdams @theflaminglips @petedoherty @DespJournalist and more http://bbc.in/2ixU0Rk}} "Be Kind" was released as the third single in March 2017, just prior to the album's release.{{cite web|url=http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/205830/9|title=Desperate Journalist Stream New Single Be Kind |date=2017-03-10 |first=Laura|last=Johnson|accessdate=2017-03-11}} A fourth single, "Why Are You So Boring" was released in June 2017.{{cite web|url=http://fiercepanda.co.uk/news.php?story=556|title=DESPERATE JOURNALIST RELEASE NEW SINGLE ON JUNE 2ND |date=2017-05-21 |accessdate=2017-05-24 |publisher=Fierce Panda}}
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 the start of [her] (ongoing) phase of teenage angst".
Reception
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = Drowned in Sound
| rev1score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19875/reviews/4150917 |title=Album Review: Desperate Journalist - Grow Up |publisher=Drowned in Sound |last=Brown |first=Paul |date=31 March 2017 |accessdate=26 March 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327085014/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19875/reviews/4150917 |url-status=dead }}
| rev2 = Q
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|title=Reviews: Desperate Journalist: Grow Up|date=March 2017|periodical=Q Magazine|first=Simon|last=Price}}
| rev3 = Record Collector
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/grow |title=Grow Up |publisher=Record Collector |last=Buscovic |first=Alix |date=April 2017 |accessdate=26 March 2018}}
| rev4 = The Skinny
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|title=Desperate Journalist – Grow Up|date=2017-03-03|periodical=The Skinny|first=Gary|last=Krail|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/desperate-journalist-grow-up}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Grow Up received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 79/100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/grow-up/desperate-journalist |title=Grow Up by Desperate Journalist Reviews and Tracks |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=26 March 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Desperate Journalist
| total_length =
| title1 = Hollow
| length1 = 5:44
| title2 = Resolution
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = Be Kind
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = All Over
| length4 = 4:32
| title5 = Purple
| length5 = 4:25
| title6 = Why Are You So Boring?
| length6 = 2:35
| title7 = Lacking in Your Love
| length7 = 5:13
| title8 = Your Genius
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = I Try Not To
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = Oh Nina
| length10 = 4:21
| title11 = Radiating
| length11 = 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
References
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