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"Costa`s voice sometimes seems to betray a bit of a Liverpool or Manchester twang, especially audible in the choruses of the title track. In fact there`s a distinctly British tinge to the whole album, from the Belle and Sebastian infused ``Vienna`` to the Beatles-esque title track ``Familiar Faces`` and first single ``Mr Pitiful``. To his eternal credit though Costa dodges the wilfully meaningless lyrics of swaggering mop-top mini-me`s, Oasis, in favour of beautiful 4-4 descending piano, quirky choruses and a dash of well-applied clapping. ``Heart of Stone`` shows Celtic influences crossed with a good dash of mid-phase REM and the album is rounded out by the good-time harmonica and gee-tar of ``Miss Magnolia``, a great song which, if you met it late at night, you might just think was Mungo Jerry`s ``In the Summertime``." --Harry Holgate, bbc.co.uk (Brushfire)
