<img class="alignleft" title="Umpire - Now We're Active" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/medium/active_MED.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Love for Umpire  continues to grow as more sets of ears manage to wrap themselves around the band's glorious debut album <em>Now We're Active. </em>Along with their recent chart sucess in the US the band have also been scooping a bunch of glowing new reviews.<em> </em>Check out the latest batch in <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/145289-umpire-now-were-active/" target="_blank">PopMatters</a>, <a href="http://stereosubversion.com/reviews/umpire-now-we%E2%80%99re-active" target="_blank">Stereo Subversion</a>, <a href="http://musosguide.com/umpire-now-were-active/17223" target="_blank">Muso's Guide</a> and <a href="http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/review-umpire-now-were-active/" target="_blank">Leonard's Lair</a>.

Also lovely to hear 'Milking a Thistle' beaming out of the breakfast show on Triple J the other day. Nice one Tom Ballard!

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