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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
With the Mountain Goats, John Darnielle has created a vehicle where he finds ways to surprise the listener in fine ways each time out, and Bleed Out is more proof that he's one of the best storytellers indie rock has ever produced
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7.6
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7.6 |
Pitchfork
John Darnielle’s band returns to visceral guitar-rock directness for a collection of songs that embrace and humanize the familiar tropes of action cinema
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7.4
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7.4 |
Spectrum Culture
John Darnielle is such a strong writer and is so in tune with his chosen subjects that he can make you care about the sort of things you would never find yourself caring about otherwise
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7.4
131118
7.4 |
Paste Magazine
The group’s 21st album is a collection of songs about vengeance
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7.0
131120
7.0 |
Uncut
Whatever meanings are to be gleaned here, Bleed Out still rates as one of the band’s hardest-rocking outings. Print edition only
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7.0
131122
7.0 |
Northern Transmissions
The way he writes and sings in his refreshingly straightforward way, relates to you that, underneath it all, whether you’re a samurai, ninja or commando, we are all just going through the same old bullshit
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7.0
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PopMatters
The Mountain Goats’ Bleed Out is a fascinating homage and a meta-commentary on the action film genre and how it soothes our unease in a world on fire
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Though the ingenuity of the project occasionally outguns the quality of the songwriting, Darnielle's spadework has resulted in a zesty, spontaneous-sounding record. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Shot through with pop-culture references, this 21st album from the indie rockers is brilliantly executed but offers limited emotional depth
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