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Sisterworld

Liars

Sisterworld

Fifth album from the US experimental art rock / noise-rock exponents

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Mute
UK Release date
08/03/2010
  1. 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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  2. 9.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    It’s a gut-lacerating doozy of a recording
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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    As Liars albums go, it's the band at their most melodic
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   The List

    Riddled with baleful electronica, paranoid guitars and critical rhythms
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  9. 8.0 |   The Fly

    A heavyweight return from a truly riveting act
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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 7.0 |   Spin

    ... veers between frenzy and foreboding, exploring the City of Angels' demonic side
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  22. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  23. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  24. 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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  25. 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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