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2014 song by Weezer
"
The British Are Coming
" is a song by the American
rock
band
Weezer
from their ninth studio album
Everything Will Be Alright in the End
(2014). While the song has not been released as a single, it was the third song from the album to be publicly available on stream prior to release, after "
Back to the Shack
" and "
Cleopatra
", and was made available to download with album pre-orders.
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Composition
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Josh Terry from
Consequence of Sound
described "The British Are Coming" as "Rife with anthemic, first-raising choruses and fireworks-like guitar solos".
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Including acoustic guitars and references to the
American Revolutionary War
, Carolyn Menyes at
Music Times
described the guitar solos as "old school Weezer".
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Reception
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Josh Terry at Consequence of Sound states ""The British Are Coming" highlights Weezer at their very best...the explosive song makes good on its Revolutionary War references." Terry also regards the song to be more promising than "Back to the Shack" and "Cleopatra".
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Carolyn Menyes of
Music Times
states "In the same vein as previously released
Everything Will Be Alright In The End
music, Weezer is all about pleasing the fans and returning to their 1990s glory days, and it's happened once again."
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Marc Hirsh from
The Boston Globe
noted that only Weezer can pull off a song like this "without smirking", and highlighted it as an essential track.
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Chris Schulz of
The New Zealand Herald
was more critical of the song, calling it "nothing more than mid-album filler."
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Life
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