& Then Boom

May 2025 & Then Boom studio Iglu & Hartly Iglu--Hartly-And-Then-Boom-447477.jpg 2008 09 29 2007 Power pop, pop, hip hop 44:43 Mercury Jarvis Anderson, Mark Needham & Then Boom studio In This City September 14, 2008 Violent and Young December 4, 2008 & Then Boom is the debut studio album by American new wave band Iglu & Hartly. It was released on September 29, 2008. Critical reception 42/100 DIY 1/10Crowther Racheal October 1, 2008 https://diymag.com/archive/iglu-hartly-then-boom Iglu & Hartly - & Then Boom DIY March 20, 2015 Drowned in Sound 0/10Renshaw David September 29, 2008 http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13676/reviews/4040618 Album Review: Iglu & Hartly – & Then Boom Drowned in Sound Silentway March 20, 2015 April 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152545/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13676/reviews/4040618 dead Entertainment.ie 2 5Murphy Lauren October 2, 2008 http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Iglu-amp-Hartly-amp-Then-Boom/111681.htm Iglu & Hartly – & Then Boom entertainment.ie March 20, 2015 The Guardian 3 5Sullivan Caroline October 2, 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/03/popreview.igluandhartly Pop review: Iglu & Hartly, And Then Boom The Guardian March 20, 2015 Hot Press 3/5McFee Edwin October 21, 2008 http://www.hotpress.com/Iglu--Hartly/music/reviews/albums/-Then-Boom/4942484.html & Then Boom Hot Press March 20, 2015 The Line of Best Fit 75%Bamberger Sean October 16, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081020051101/http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008/10/iglu-hartly-then-boom/ October 20, 2008 http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008/10/iglu-hartly-then-boom/ Iglu & Hartly – & Then Boom The Line of Best Fit May 25, 2020 NME 2/10Martin Rick September 17, 2008 https://www.nme.com/reviews/iglu-and-hartly/9915 Iglu & Hartly NME Inspire March 20, 2015 musicOMH 2 5Newport Shaun September 29, 2008 http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/iglu-hartley-then-boom Iglu & Hartley – & Then Boom musicOMH March 20, 2015 The Observer 2 5McLean Craig September 14, 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/14/popandrock19 Pop review: Iglu and Hartly, & Then Boom The Observer Guardian Media Group March 20, 2015 Q 3 5Q. November 2008, p. 117. Reviews of & Then Boom upon release were mixed. As of March 2015, the album holds an aggregated score of a 42 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on six sources.https://www.metacritic.com/music/and-then-boom/iglu-hartly And Then Boom – Iglu & Hartly Metacritic CBS Interactive March 20, 2015 Allmusic journalist Anthony Tognazzini described & Then Boom as "fizzy, fun retro-glam-electro-pop from beginning to end", also noting the variety of the sounds on the record.Tognazzini Anthony https://www.allmusic.com/album/and-then-boom-mw0000801438 And Then Boom – Iglu & Hartly AllMusic. Rovi Corporation March 20, 2015 There were three-star reviews from the Hot Press and Q, with the former's Edwin McFee calling it a "guilty pleasure" and latter calling it a "kitchen-sink hybrid" that "works remarkably well". Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave the album a similar score, praising it as "crisp electro-rock with a big hook in every tune, and lyrics that present them as a bunch of civic-minded young fellows". However, in more varied reviews, The Guardian's sister paper The Observer, Craig McLean opined that "On the one hand, it's riotously good fun; on the other, it's a bit naff." Shaun Newport, writing for musicOMH, called it a "frustration and disappointment" to listen to, saying that the group "sound nice, look nice but you'd be pressed to find any substance." However, he did give them credit for "absolutely signif[ying] the beginning of the end of our love affair with the '80s. It was cool, then it was pop and now it has shamelessly gone too far. Thank goodness we always have time to learn from our mistakes." Entertainment.ie's Lauren Murphy called most of the rapping "cringeworthy", with her overall verdict of the album describing it as "two different, disjointed and discordant bands - neither with any direction, and both offering only minimal splashes of fun". There were extremely negative reviews that questioned if BBC Radio 1's promotion of Iglu & Hartly was a joke, as well as criticized the record's cheap and unprofessional-sounding production and songwriting. It got a zero-out-of-ten review from David Renshaw of Drowned in Sound, calling it "the worst album of [2008]." Racheal Crowther, a critic for DIY, rated it a one out of ten, writing that the tracks were "so similar it feels like listening to one really long song rather than an album". In a two-out-of-ten review from NME, Rick Martin called it "an abomination of a debut album, informed by all the most disgusting musical faux pas of the past 20 years." Jarvis Anderson responded to this negative critical reception in an interview; "Reviews are interesting, I'll take negative criticism if someone explains why. We laugh hard at some of them – we take it with a light heart. I certainly haven't really read a negative review that's changed my mind about anything. If anyone's got an opinion maybe I'll use it if it's good, I'm not that stubborn."http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/music-interview-iglu-amp-hartly-1-2237575 Music interview: Iglu & Hartly January 21, 2010 Yorkshire Evening Post July 9, 2015 July 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150710083015/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/music-interview-iglu-amp-hartly-1-2237575 dead Track listing All songs written and composed by Iglu & Hartly Believe 3:49 Violent and Young 4:23 Tomorrow 3:38 Build 4:15 DayGlo 2:58 In This City 4:05 People 3:46 Whatever We Like 4:42 We'll See 4:09 Out There 3:57 Jump Out of Your Car 4:46 Personnel Jarvis Anderson – vocals, keyboards Sam Martin – vocals, keyboards Simon Katz – guitar Luis Rosiles – drums Michael Bucher – bass Charts Chart (2008) PeakpositionIreland2 92 Iglu & Hartly true May 25, 2020Scotland 37 20081005 true May 25, 2020UK2 36 Iglu & Hartly 20081005 true November 11, 2025 References 2 Category:Iglu & Hartly albums Category:2008 debut albums Category:Mercury Records albums