Grow Up (Desperate Journalist album)

Grow Up
Studio album by Desperate Journalist
Released	24 March 2017
Recorded	2016
Genre	Post punk, indie rock
Length	44:45
Label	Fierce Panda
Producer	Desperate Journalist, Keith TOTP
Desperate Journalist chronology
Good Luck EP (2015) Grow Up (2017) You Get Used To It EP (2018)
Singles from Grow Up
"Hollow" Released: October 2016 "Resolution" Released: January 2017 "Be Kind" Released: March 2017 "Why Are You So Boring" Released: 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.^[1][2][3] "Be Kind" was released as the third single in March 2017, just prior to the album's release.^[4] A fourth single, "Why Are You So Boring" was released in June 2017.^[5]

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".^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.8/10[7]
Metacritic	79/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	8/10[8]
Q	[9]
Record Collector	[10]
The Skinny	[11]

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".^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Desperate Journalist.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hollow"	5:44
2.	"Resolution"	3:05
3.	"Be Kind"	3:40
4.	"All Over"	4:32
5.	"Purple"	4:25
6.	"Why Are You So Boring?"	2:35
7.	"Lacking in Your Love"	5:13
8.	"Your Genius"	4:10
9.	"I Try Not To"	3:37
10.	"Oh Nina"	4:21
11.	"Radiating"	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

From "Hollow"

• "Hollow" (Medium Wave remix)

From "Resolution"

• "Bruce" (lyrics Springsteen)

References

1. Roy, David (13 January 2017). "Noise Annoys: Desperate Journalist Grow Up". The Irish News. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
2. "WATCH: New Desperate Journalist Vid". 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. BBC Radio 6 Music [@BBC6Music] (17 January 2017). "New to the playlist - tracks from @boniver @TheRyanAdams @theflaminglips @petedoherty @DespJournalist and more http://bbc.in/2ixU0Rk" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Johnson, Laura (10 March 2017). "Desperate Journalist Stream New Single Be Kind". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
5. "DESPERATE JOURNALIST RELEASE NEW SINGLE ON JUNE 2ND". Fierce Panda. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
6. "Grow Up by Desperate Journalist Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
7. "Grow Up by Desperate Journalist reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
8. Brown, Paul (31 March 2017). "Album Review: Desperate Journalist - Grow Up". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
9. Price, Simon (March 2017). "Reviews: Desperate Journalist: Grow Up". Q Magazine.
10. Buscovic, Alix (April 2017). "Grow Up". Record Collector. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
11. Krail, Gary (3 March 2017). "Desperate Journalist – Grow Up". The Skinny.