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11:11

Pinegrove

11:11

Fifth album from the New Jersey indie rock band was produced by frontman Evan Stephens Hall and guitarist Sam Skinner and mixed by Chris Walla

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
28/01/2022
US Release date
28/01/2022
  1. 8.4 |   Northern Transmissions

    The music on the album always shines. With full arrangements on every song
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Pinegrove has yet to deliver a clunker, and 11:11 should be a welcome addition to any fan's regular rotation, in addition to offering a few gems for anyone partial to a tuneful, earnest protest song
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  3. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    After the breakthrough of their incredible 2016 album Cardinal, Hall and Pinegrove faced the tall task of trying to match or surpass it. They haven’t quite done that, but they have built an impressive catalog of albums that spill over with compelling songs and affecting performances
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  4. 7.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Organic and breathable are its tunes, blooming in real time with warm swirling arpeggios (Iodine) and the spindly swaying of oak and pine (Habitat)
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  5. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Though most songs clock in at under the four-minute mark, all are fully formed and find this long-lived iteration of the band locked in and at their most urgent
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  6. 7.1 |   Pitchfork

    The band’s open-armed fifth album looks to make amends, situating our human responsibilities within a natural world no less powerful and vulnerable than we are
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  7. 7.0 |   Clash

    An album for escape - to leave the world behind, and encompass yourself completely in the emotive contemplation it offers
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  8. 6.3 |   Spectrum Culture

    Evan Stephens Hall gets the focus on his lyrical work as he takes on much about the contemporary world with social and political issues in mind, making for an album that's more compelling lyrically than it is musically
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  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Pinegrove’s 11:11 is the extolled group’s most sober collection of songs—a literate latticing of personal sorrow and environmental collapse
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Hall explores his anger and depression through mostly downbeat but frequently beautiful ballads. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    There are some sparks on the New Jersey band’s fifth album, but too often it plods
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