| The Brindleford Follies | ||||
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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock-Pop | |||
| Label | Endearing Records | |||
| Producer | Novillero | |||
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The Brindleford Follies is the first album from Canadian indie rock group Novillero. It was released on Endearing Records in 2001.
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
Patrick Lejtenyi of Exclaim! described the album as "spaced-out and weirdly melodic, with a mysterious brass undercurrent and definitely late '60s Kinks influenced" and went on to say, "There is a magical, deeply romantic quality one finds in literature that is translated here onto a compact disc – an ambitious undertaking, carried out with restrained elegance". [2]
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