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9.0
138119
9.0 |
PopMatters
Dirty Three continue their long career of making organic, meditative post-rock jazz that always humbly approaches a single moment, without pretense or distraction
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8.2
138199
8.2 |
Spectrum Culture
At a period in their career in which most artists would be shooting for a return to form, Dirty Three have created a new form entirely
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8.2
138201
8.2 |
Northern Transmissions
The genius of their work, and something that anyone can grow to appreciate, is that they are masters of intuitive rock
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8.0
138123
8.0 |
Record Collector
From the very start, the listener is made to feel as if they're in the room with the band, privy to an unfiltered outpouring of creativity. Print edition only
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8.0
138120
8.0 |
All Music
Though it comes a decade after the last entry to Dirty Three's ongoing story, Love Changes Everything picks up, as each new chapter of the group's story does, as if no time has passed at all, and the trio keeps flowing naturally forward
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8.0
138121
8.0 |
Uncut
They conjure a sequence of absorbing soundtracks for unmade dramas, of which the pick is “Love Changes Everything V”, an intense dialogue between violin and guitar, suggesting My Bloody Valentine reinventing themselves as a folk group. Print edition only
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8.0
138139
8.0 |
The Guardian
On their first album in 12 years, Warren Ellis and co fuse violin, guitar and drums to create wistful beauty out of distortion
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8.0
138148
8.0 |
musicOMH
Ninth album from Warren Ellis and co ranges from the filthy and greasy to the reserved and demure, confirming them to be masters of their craft
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8.0
138159
8.0 |
Pitchfork
On its first album in 12 years, the veteran instrumental trio discovers a newfound spontaneity, summoning some of the most beautiful and emotional work of the group’s career
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7.5
138192
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Spin
For fans expecting Dirty Three to pick up safely where they left off in 2012, Love Changes Everything will likely shock. Rather than slide back into comfortable routine, the trio have distilled their past 12 years of sonic travels into something exciting and new
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6.0
138122
6.0 |
Mojo
Ultimately, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that they’ve scaled greater heights with more time and pre-writing. Print edition only
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6.0
138124
6.0 |
Far Out
It is a ragged poem of a record, but one of great experimental passages rather than profound and sustained comprehension
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