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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
The ever-present -- and ever-changing -- blend of grief and joy within Bleachers' music is always heartfelt, but it's rarely sounded as rousingly real as it does on Everyone for Ten Minutes
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
Covering everything from devotion and marriage to grief and death, with instruments ranging from electric guitars to glockenspiels, ‘everyone for ten minutes’ is a bold creation – equal parts solemn and uplifting
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
Jack Antonoff returns with the fifth Bleachers record – it can be overbearing, but when you reach its core, you come to respect Antonoff's long, earnest mission
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
A display of the magic that can happen when people come together to write songs
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8.0
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8.0 |
Dork
‘Everyone For Ten Minutes’ knows it has an audience already waiting in the room.
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
On his fifth album as Bleachers, everyone for ten minutes, Jack Antonoff uses a comfortable sonic space to make a new statement about fame
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7.0
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7.0 |
Hot Press
There are moments when it feels derivative – particularly on the Springsteen-like ‘Dirty Wedding Dress’ and the Killers-style ‘Can’t Believe You’re Gone’. But Everyone For Ten Minutes makes for very pleasurable listening
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5.9
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5.9 |
Pitchfork
With its shout-along hooks and pop drama, Jack Antonoff’s latest isn’t so different from the others, but his myopic views on modern life and celebrity are becoming harder to bear
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5.8
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5.8 |
Paste Magazine
Jack Antonoff produces his most ambitious and unrestrained record to date, but the eclectic bells and whistles still can’t quite shake off his Springsteen-lite affectations
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5.6
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5.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Bleachers once felt like it had a real purpose and audience - now, it seems to be another lukewarm hit machine in the algorithm. Maybe one day, this project will reclaim the sense of youthful aspiration it once emitted so effortlessly
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5.5
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5.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Everyone for Ten Minutes is enjoyable if you’ve ever grooved along to “Rosalita” or “Pink Houses.” However, Antonoff struggles to improve on what he’s already done, by himself or otherwise
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5.0
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5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Ultimately, Everyone For Ten Minutes doesn’t do enough to differentiate itself from the band’s previous outings. Despite some lovely, refreshing variations sprinkled throughout – like the atmospheric slow burn of opener “Sideways” – this is largely the sound of Antonoff planted firmly in his comfort zone
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4.0
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4.0 |
Far Out
For its high-powered front and seeming emotional charge, Everyone for Ten Minutes sees Bleachers dwell in a thin score that never strays anywhere intrepid, and is nagged by a hollow, barren lack of guts that never soars into the soaring valleys for which frontman Jack Antonoff’s flapping his arms toward
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