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9.1
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9.1 |
Paste Magazine
The Chicago band turns therapy’s in-between spaces into songs that resist neat resolutions, letting emotional maturity bite down instead of smoothing everything over
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9.0
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9.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Emotionally and lyrically – if you look closely enough – it paints a hope born from ashes picture that is all too easy to resonate with and draw inspiration from. In all ways, Singin’ to an Empty Chair is a resounding success
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9.0
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9.0 |
DIY
At a time when country-tinged indie rock is by no means in short supply in America - Wednesday, Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman all spring to mind - Ratboys have earned their seat at the top table
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8.5
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8.5 |
Northern Transmissions
Singin’ to an Empty Chair is steady and honest. An album from a band that is deserving of their praise
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8.4
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8.4 |
Pitchfork
Bringing their country-tinted indie rock to boundless new landscapes, the Chicago band returns with their most emotionally affecting and compositionally advanced songs to date
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
What would you say to someone who isn’t there? The band spends their latest album breaking through these barriers, liberated by the knowledge that they tried
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
A wonderful album that shows Ratboys revving their engine once again, ready to take another long, curious lap around the block
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Despite its multi-purpose recording approach, widely varying tempos, and ever-changing moods, it's Ratboys' most cohesive album yet and one that will likely connect with those fruitlessly seeking closure
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8.0
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8.0 |
Far Out
Ratboys show no sign of complacency with this album, as Singin’ to an Empty Chair challenges the very core of the group and manages to come out on top
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
Ratboys have definitively made one of 2026's first brilliant albums. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album frames intimacy as a risk worth taking regardless of the outcome
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With the hooks, heart, and heaviness packed into Singin’ To An Empty Chair’s 50 mins, their time could well be now
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
Comfortably the most accomplished and self-assured Ratboys album to date
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7.5
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7.5 |
No Ripcord
It’s not a bad record — I don’t think Ratboys have got a bad record in them — but it just seems to be missing that extra gear at times, a problem that is particularly evident in its relatively sedate middle third
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7.4
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7.4 |
Spectrum Culture
The album's progression from near pop-punk to elegiac pedal steel gives Steiner's psychological explorations the multifaceted presentation they deserve
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