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8.0
133421
8.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Nine albums in and the band is still writing and producing elegant and captivating music. It seems like they have found their sweet spot, living their simple lives, happy to be separate, continuing as guests
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8.0
133422
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
20 years into their career, the group still feel like they are in perpetual motion, surging forward unperturbed by the passing of time or by what has come before
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8.0
133425
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
If this is the start of the band’s long fade out, here’s hoping those faders don’t come down too quickly
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8.0
133428
8.0 |
Uncut
The veteran band's warmest, most tactile record. Print edition only
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8.0
133450
8.0 |
All Music
While Continue as a Guest may not have the immediacy of career standouts like Twin Cinema or even Brill Bruisers, it succeeds more subtly on its own terms and begs for repeated listens
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8.0
133457
8.0 |
musicOMH
On another reliable chapter in the Canadians’ storied career, twists, turns and embellishments on their trademark sound ensure they’re still sounding fresh
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8.0
133897
8.0 |
American Songwriter
The New Pornographers are decidedly hard to define. Yet at the same time, Continue As A Guest never loses its luster
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7.5
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7.5 |
Under The Radar
The New Pornographers are satisfied to remain in their space, operating as welcome, favored guests
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
On their ninth album, the sense of crisis in Newman’s songwriting is reflected in a more subdued musical tone as well, making for an LP that delivers its vivid emotional payoff in subtle gestures
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7.0
133423
7.0 |
PopMatters
Continue As a Guest is a more delicate and less hooky version of the New Pornographers, the most reflective they’ve been since 2007’s underrated Challengers
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7.0
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7.0 |
Exclaim
Once again finds enough twists and turns to ward off "the long fade out" that Newman hints at in the title track
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6.9
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6.9 |
Spectrum Culture
Continue as a Guest is the sound of progress, however tentative
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6.8
133469
6.8 |
Pitchfork
On a sleek and subdued new album, A.C. Newman takes the lead and reflects on the isolation of modern life
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6.7
133506
6.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Most of the time, the tone shift on Continue as a Guest comes at the cost of the band’s core appeal—their sense of fun—without a compelling replacement
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6.0
133427
6.0 |
Mojo
There are ravishing moments and startling lines, but these 10 tracks collectively plod, the band's early sugar-rush sophistication never returning to grace this deliberate growth. Print edition only
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6.0
133436
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Evoking a warm acceptance in solitude and disconnect, its convincing proof of a band still delivering nuances as complex and relatable to the music of their heyday years before
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