''The Movement'' is the debut

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(EP) by Australian-American singer-songwriter

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. The EP was self-released on 16 April 2013 as a free download. The EP received favorable reviews from several magazines and blogs upon release.

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described the EP as "A spine-tinglingly euphoric 80's pop nugget," Indie pop blog All Things Go claimed she was "charting new musical territory," and the UK outlet

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called it "the best proper EP so far of 2013." ''

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'' named her "Your Next Pop Obsession" on 5 August 2013, and ''TIME'' chose Newham as one of 14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014. On 15 September 2013, it was announced Who had signed with

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. The EP was re-released digitally via RCA Records on 17 September 2013.

Reviews

Sam Lanky of

gave the EP a positive review saying; "The four-track EP is led by single "Somebody Loves You," a spine-tinglingly euphoric '80s

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nugget with a singalong chorus catchier than most of what's on mainstream radio. Weirder still is that the other three tracks are equally impressive: The luminous "You're In Love" evokes the new

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album, while "Right Here" is dreamily lush; "High Society" is an injection of New Order

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with a rich, cinematic chorus. It's absolutely perfect pop, and it's absolutely - incredibly! - free".

Track listing

All production done by Peter Thomas. All songs were included on the deluxe edition of Betty Who's debut album, ''

Take Me When You Go ''Take Me When You Go'' is the debut studio album by Australian-American recording artist Betty Who, released on 3 October 2014 by RCA Records. The album is preceded by the extended plays ''The Movement'', '' Slow Dancing'' and '' Worlds Apart'' ...

'' (2014).

Charts

The extended play debuted at number 22 on the ''

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'' Heatseekers Album chart for the week commencing 26 April 2014.

References

2013 debut EPs Indie pop EPs Synth-pop EPs EPs by Australian artists EPs by American artists Betty Who albums RCA Records EPs Power pop EPs {{2010s-pop-album-stub