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8.0
123516
8.0 |
musicOMH
If you heed closely you’ll hear the sound of one man’s combing for moral redemption amidst societal and individual collapse. And that deserves applause
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8.0
123565
8.0 |
Uncut
Emotionally fraught but musically generous. Print edition only
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8.0
123566
8.0 |
All Music
While one can certainly hear touchstones echoed throughout New Fragility, it has the singularity and focus of one artistic voice
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8.0
123582
8.0 |
Vinyl Chapters
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has really tailored each track for a specific purpose with strong lyrics to back it up and not afraid to let emotion guide the way forward. A hard listen at times, but well worth it
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7.7
123545
7.7 |
Paste Magazine
As tuneful and accessible as anything Ounsworth has written so far
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7.5
123631
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Alec Ounsworth lets go of expectations and writes for himself, and the result is arguably his best album in years
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6.4
123627
6.4 |
Pitchfork
Alec Ounsworth’s latest album is a world of divorce, substance abuse, callous indifference to murder, and also bittersweet nostalgia for that bygone indie-rock era that gave him a platform in the first place
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6.0
123555
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Both rewarding and their strongest for some time
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6.0
123514
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s the likes of the gently strummed acoustic track Where They Perform Miracles that hits the hardest: a truthful and simplistic song in the midst of an emotionally turbulent and transitional album
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5.0
123515
5.0 |
DIY
It toggles between social awareness and slack harmonies in an interplay that never fully attains the unity it craves
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