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8.0
138803
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musicOMH
Sonic voyagers return with first new songs in nine years, their sense of magic and wonder very much still in place
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8.0
138804
8.0 |
Mojo
Bands, as Donahue famously sang on Holes, “never work quite right”, but with this late-period beauty, Mercury Rev have hit the cosmic balance perfectly. Print edition only
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8.0
138806
8.0 |
The Observer
With a half-new lineup, the US rock band’s first album of new material since 2015 finds them in dreamy, reflective mode
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8.0
138809
8.0 |
All Music
More grounded and yet more transporting than many of their later albums, Born Horses is ample proof that Mercury Rev are still making moving, thoughtful, exciting music - and like most of their best albums, there's nothing else quite like it
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8.0
138810
8.0 |
Record Collector
It’s another artistic leap from a band who have made evolution a calling card
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8.0
138811
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
With the enigmatic and wonderful ‘Born Horses,’ Mercury Rev have fashioned their own cosmos
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7.0
138807
7.0 |
Far Out
Sometimes it is so dreamy that it floats right by without a whiff of grounded reality, and you’re put off by a few wayward production choices, but for the most part it lusciously sweeps you up and spoon-feeds you bliss like a much needed vacation
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7.0
138805
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Uncut
On this ninth album of originals, Rev frontman Jonathan Donahue elects to vocalise in a soft whisper rather than his characteristic starry-eyed warble. It works best when their chamber-pop soundbaths are punctuated by rhythmic hooks and ear-catching lines. Print edition only
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Pitchfork
On their first album of original material in nine years, the veteran New York rockers reinvent themselves once again. That’s where the problems begin
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