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Havilah

The Drones

Havilah

Fifth album from the Aussie art rock / blues rock outfit

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
ATP
UK Release date
16/02/2009
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    An outstanding record, and one with endless pleasures and pains to be wrung out of it
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  2. 10.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    This is the sound you need to get for right now, and it’s built to last well past that
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    As the group has matured, they’ve become less afraid of quieter arrangements and sparser tonality. They let their guitars chime and even, a few times, let major tonalities ring out without twisting them into distortion
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  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    A product of extremes, The Drones mark out their territory and dare you to cross the line with them
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  6. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Enduring this album is a bit like making it through a powerful-but-disturbing film. It might make you uncomfortable and you'll probably never watch it again, but you're at least glad you saw it
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  7. 7.0 |   Spin

    These country-tinged post-punks would be bookish if their shadowy, hell-bent narratives weren't so creepy
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  8. 7.0 |   NME

    ...essentially, what ‘Havilah’ does is jump up and down on the rotting carcasses of The Vines and Jet, stabbing them again and again with a flag that says “Miles. Better. Than. You. Ever. Were. Mate.”
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    The Drones make overridingly masculine music, with big, ballsy, no-nonsense instrumentation and gruff-to-abrasive vocals, whether on the faster or slower-paced tracks
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