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9.0
9771
9.0 |
NME
..when your ears are bashed by mendacious line managers and eyes beset by the violence of news/advert/news, then this incredible album is your passport to a better place
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9.0
9902
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
It’s a gut-lacerating doozy of a recording
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9.0
10317
9.0 |
No Ripcord
You know this isn’t going to sound like the Beach Boys. This is more like the David Lynch, second half of Mulholland Dr
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8.1
9929
8.1 |
Pitchfork
Stick with Sisterworld as it builds, let it seep into your brain while you wait for its bulging seams to burst, and you might find yourself unable to turn your ears away
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8.0
9928
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Sisterworld derives unity from its punchdrunk stagger, arresting the worry Liars had lost their command of atmosphere
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8.0
9956
8.0 |
The Quietus
As Liars albums go, it's the band at their most melodic
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8.0
10076
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
9798
8.0 |
The List
Riddled with baleful electronica, paranoid guitars and critical rhythms
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8.0
9844
8.0 |
The Fly
A heavyweight return from a truly riveting act
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8.0
9879
8.0 |
musicOMH
Sisterworld is, in musical terms, an interesting place to visit, but you'd definitely not choose to live there
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8.0
9752
8.0 |
The Skinny
There’s a relative directness at play which scratches an itch that the trio’s ADD has often left in their wake
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8.0
9755
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
As a piece of art it manages to convey an unparalleled empathy with the anger and frustration from the American underbelly that a thousand Green Day’s could never achieve. It’s a cathartic listen that could never be described as pleasant, but then neither is its subject matter
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8.0
10410
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Chromatic scales, mournful violins and slow chants may have somewhat replaced piercing samples and frenetic danceability, but don’t confuse a reduction of anger with a loss of aggression
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8.0
10481
8.0 |
Bowlegs
Call it a slow-burner, call it an uneasy-ride to the dark-side, call it whatever you want – ‘Sisterworld’ has the unnerving ability to stick in your mind and stay there
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8.0
10833
8.0 |
FasterLouder
This is Liars finally delivering on their promise across a full album that sounds like a magnificent musical collision of art and nois
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8.0
10214
8.0 |
State
A carefully-paced and cleverly-ordered collection of tracks that grabs one within a few listens and grows steadily
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8.0
10251
8.0 |
Eye Weekly
Liars always manage to maintain an intrinsic menace which makes Sisterworld the kind of place you’re likely to wander around for hours
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7.2
10200
7.2 |
Beats Per Minute
Many individual aspects of it are done well, but its different styles clash so much that it falters as a whole
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7.0
9933
7.0 |
PopMatters
In the place of diversionary qualities and emotional uplift, Sisterworld provides a forceful (if not wholly original) perspective on the nightmarish effects of the dream factory
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7.0
9751
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Less pointedly abrasive in many ways than their previous efforts, but still manages to differentiate itself, and will, simply put, satisfy
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7.0
9754
7.0 |
Spin
... veers between frenzy and foreboding, exploring the City of Angels' demonic side
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6.0
9774
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
9776
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
10065
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s either a mess, or a work of quasi-genius – but trying to figure out which is which is an undeniable pleasure
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6.0
10884
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Lays claim to L.A.'s pulpy occult mythos with glowering noise brutalism and evil chant-singing that suggest TV on the Radio as a hippie death cult
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