Shallow Bed

• "No Rest" was released as the album's lead single on 17 June 2011.
• "Weights & Measures" was released as the album's second single on 11 November 2011.
• "The Chambers & the Valves" was released as the album's third single on 24 February 2012.
• "New Ceremony" was released as the album's fourth single on 16 April 2012.

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Beats Per Minute	[2]
The Daily Telegraph	[3]
Digital Spy	[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
Gigwise	[6]
musicOMH	[7]
NME	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
This Is Fake DIY	[10]

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Shallow Bed was well received by music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the album a positive review stating, "Frontman Peter Liddle's smooth and dulcet tones - reminiscent of Brandon Flowers - are able to command both the anthemic stadium fillers and the delicate ballads that reside here. The latter is evident on 'Bible Belt', a song dealing with alcoholic parents, where Liddle's vocal nimbly pirouettes over a soft blend of gentle acoustics and orchestral undertones. What's most exciting is Dry The River's ability to open the lid on a song and let it soar; a prime example being the entangled vocal and guitar building throughout 'No Rest', which gloriously explodes by the track's end. This knack has the potential to deliver sky-blistering live performances that should make them a talking point throughout 2012 and, if we're lucky, well beyond."^[4]