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8.0
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NME
The Canadian dance-punk duo tackle love and modern society of their gnarly fourth record. They still pack a punch, but now the bruise is more colourful
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8.0
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8.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Where others imitate, Death From Above 1979 continue to innovate – this album really ‘Is 4 Lovers’
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
On Is 4 Lovers, the pair have settled in and settled down, both in their lives and to their own sound
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
One of Death from Above 1979's most balanced and stylistically engaging albums
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7.5
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Beats Per Minute
The influence of Lennon transcends mere style. It’s that bottom line which allows DFA1979 to still evolve and figure out how to expand on the promises they made all those years ago
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7.0
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Clash
‘Is 4 Lovers’ is both a worthy addition to the collection and a reminder of what the band has gained over the years since they were just two kids from Toronto blowing everyone’s minds by not hiring a guitarist
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7.0
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Punk News
The constituent parts are all present and correct. What has changed a little bit is the tone of some of their music. Where once there was a kind of grinding quasi-hardcore sensibility, we’re now in more electronic and frankly, fun territory. The aggression has been all but replaced by a greater degree of focus on melody
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6.7
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6.7 |
Paste Magazine
Initially formed around the concept of limits, the Toronto duo keep covering new ground
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
This is a great album for the fans, but that’s essentially all it is
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
The first half rifles through their familiar bag of production tricks. The weirder and more diverse second side is where stuff gets interesting. Print edition only
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6.0
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Kerrang!
While the first half of Is 4 Lovers takes a jackhammer to old, if still relatively fertile ground (hey, why have one song called NYC Power Elite when you can have two?), the second half dials down the pulverising and amps up the pulsating on less frenzied, more electronic songs such as Love Letter and Glass Homes
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5.6
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5.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The music here isn’t anything special, but any genuine, worthwhile moments tend to get buried by a vocal distraction that didn’t need to be there to begin with
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