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9.0
141971
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
For long-term appreciators of The Armed’s unhinged chaos, there’s plenty to dig into. It’s a fleshed out return that takes from every iteration of the band, and offers an insatiably wicked culmination of these experiences and sonic explorations
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8.5
141977
8.5 |
Northern Transmissions
The collective fulfills their prophecy, juggling the intensity they have become known for with ease, all while fusing the shards of noisy dissonance and melody with fury. It’s not simply a rebellion, it’s a ritual
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8.0
141974
8.0 |
All Music
The Armed gleefully close the door on whatever shreds of accessibility they dallied with on their last few albums before it, but this unrelenting barrage of excitement and glorious confusion is a welcome replacement
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7.8
141978
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
The Armed’s latest does exactly what it says on the tin, and does not coax us onto our asses so much as knock us flat on them, all the better to get us to shut up and listen
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7.8
141970
7.8 |
Pitchfork
The Detroit collective’s sixth album faces down the apocalypse with some of its heaviest music yet: visceral, vital, and filled with desperate, righteous anger
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6.9
141975
6.9 |
Beats Per Minute
The Armed are on the verge of parodying themselves, their version of parody involving copious amounts of accelerant and old-school sacrilege: effigies of God and the Statue of Liberty erected in a vacant lot and set on fire
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5.0
141973
5.0 |
Far Out
The second half of the record has multiple truly enjoyable moments, with ‘Heathen’ being another notable highlight. It is just a struggle to get to those tracks, fighting through the first half of the record
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