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9.0
133025
9.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Weathered yet unflinchingly defiant, ‘Shook’ is the result of a band operating at the peak of their powers
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8.5
133038
8.5 |
The Quietus
Shook is a record that exudes zeal, sweat and effort – heart, mind and body music of the highest order
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8.4
133106
8.4 |
Spectrum Culture
Shook isn’t so much a reinvention as it is a clarification; it’s the sound of a band with so much to say that they need to find multiple ways to say it
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8.0
133060
8.0 |
musicOMH
Three years since their last album, the Anglo-American outfit’s latest is full of invention, creativity and a stellar list of guest names
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7.7
133061
7.7 |
Pitchfork
With a crew of equally radical peers in tow, the Atlanta band’s new album is a dissonant but hopeful statement about dreaming up a better world
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7.0
132985
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
If previous Algiers albums were incendiary warning flares, Shook is more of a community firework display; there’s a little more joy and hope when the smoke clears
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7.0
132987
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Shook is a work of communal joy and resilient rage from Algiers
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6.5
133023
6.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Algiers are unpredictable yet methodical, driving with eyes closed and reacting to the wheel’s vibrations instead of making it shake.
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6.0
132986
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
It’s further proof that, when focusing their lofty artistic ambitions, Fisher and company are capable of composing hooks that rival those of their forebearers
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6.0
133035
6.0 |
Under The Radar
One gets the vaguest sense that Shook is meant to inspire hope in the face of despair. Unfortunately, that hope is intangible for the majority of the album’s runtime
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6.0
133107
6.0 |
American Songwriter
Consider Shook an example of auditory excess plied with aural intrigue
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6.0
132984
6.0 |
The Skinny
Algiers blend everything they’ve ever been and more into their latest album, but lose something of their focus in the process
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