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8.5
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8.5 |
Hot Press
A gorgeous, meditative collection of songwriting about life in the 21st century
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8.0
144146
8.0 |
musicOMH
A welcome return from AC Newman’s power-poppers, a band who deserve to be at the forefront of any Canadian indie music revival
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8.0
144144
8.0 |
Far Out
Stirring indie pop that shows the Canadian collective still shine
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8.0
144140
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Overall, a compelling set clearly completed in the aftermath of a storm. Print edition only
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8.0
144141
8.0 |
Uncut
The surrounding circumstances inevitably bring an additional layer of darkness to allusively eloquent, quietly agitated songs. Print edition only
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7.8
144253
7.8 |
Pitchfork
The veteran Canadian indie rockers survey the wreckage on their 10th album, contemplating the end of empire and the stubborn persistence of faith in stylish, somber, elegiac songs
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7.0
144142
7.0 |
All Music
It's another subtle outing from a band whose energetic peaks once defined them, but in this later period opt for patience over power
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6.7
144143
6.7 |
Paste Magazine
The Vancouver band’s 10th album is all too aware of what most of us are feeling like these days, and rather than acting as a distraction or rebuttal to the state of the world, it invites us to look straight at it
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6.0
144186
6.0 |
Under The Radar
It’s thoughtful and well-crafted, a record that knows what it wants to say; yet it too often declines to fully say it out loud
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5.5
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5.5 |
Spectrum Culture
This is a different New Pornographers than the one that existed in the past. This is not necessarily a good thing
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