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8.0
9194
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The scene-stealing guitar solos, the ever glorious Weiss-created rhythms and the more focussed musical direction leaves American Gong feeling like a rebirth of a band too often dismissed as an afterthought
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8.0
9195
8.0 |
The Skinny
A peach of an album from start to finish
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8.0
9262
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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7.2
9345
7.2 |
Pitchfork
There are still lurching, aggro guitar solos and hints at foundations for what will become showcases for improv on tour, but the album's arrangements are simplified and mostly serve their vital hooks
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7.0
9196
7.0 |
Spin
.. crank up that small-band-big-noise dynamic to power-trio scale, with longhair Neil Young roar and amp-boiling reverb
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7.0
9747
7.0 |
Blurt
There's a deep divide between Quasi's witheringly caustic lyrics and its buoyant sing-along melodies, between its Beatles-pop rocksichord hooks and the surging maelstrom of its guitar freak-outs
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7.0
10179
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
What is important is the feeling that this is something big, that when Coomes sings, “Rise up!” on ‘Now What’, he means it
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6.0
11095
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
This is good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll, plus some sneering brainfood
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6.0
9257
6.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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6.0
9546
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
9280
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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4.0
9330
4.0 |
musicOMH
Coomes and Weiss share the melodies in tones of such extreme Americanism that they sound like summer camp team leaders
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3.0
9898
3.0 |
PopMatters
No life-changing dorm-room indie-pop here
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