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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Romanticize the Dive is yet another great Metric album, another stunning showcase of Haines' second-to-none vocals, and an example of how if a band plays with emotional and sonic imagination, indie rock doesn't have to sound overcooked and insipid when it is blown up to twice its size
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
Emily Haines and co return with a 10th album which doesn't so much revisit their legacy as polish it for a new era to come
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
Don’t call it a comeback, this is a reaffirmation record proving the synth-pop indie rockers are as vital as ever
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
An album which proves that past and present can - and perhaps should - inform one another
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6.5
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Pitchfork
On its tenth album, the Canadian quartet doubles down on its signature millennial synth-rock sound with glossy tones and memorable melodies that spark nostalgia for the band’s heyday
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6.5
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No Ripcord
There’s nothing too revealing here, but the familiar, comforting touch they always offer is more than welcome
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6.0
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Record Collector
As If You're Here has a sunny, surging drive-time glint to it too, but a little too much of Romanticize. Print edition only
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Uncut
They come dressed in post-punk garb. The arena singalong "Wild Rut" mutates into a piece of motorik new wave; the toytown confections of "Leave You On A High" and "Loyal" both come wreathed in ice gothic synths and Peter Hook-style bass plunking. Print edition only
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