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9.0
12232
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In four minutes of this record there are two tracks that together have more melodies, more moments of joy, than most bands will manage this year
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8.5
12203
8.5 |
Pitchfork
The sound of a fast, fuzzy rock band racing from hook to hook... It's one of the happiest surprises of the year so far
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8.5
15620
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FasterLouder
What Nothing Hurts has in spades is galloping energy and plenty of charisma, amplified by the sort of memorable hooks that most straightforward pop bands wish they could write.
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8.0
12204
8.0 |
PopMatters
Staying just on the pop side of punk proper, Male Bonding has cribbed its lessons well from Singles Going Steady and Superchunk’s On the Mouth
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8.0
12178
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
13281
8.0 |
Blurt
Loud, fast and fuzzy-as-frig, this is one of the purest Sub Pop albums to come out since 8-Way Santa
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8.0
13782
8.0 |
The Quietus
The sensation of adolescent invincibility combines with the invincibility of breakneck melodic insolence
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8.0
12254
8.0 |
The Guardian
It's hard to make such familiar ingredients feel fresh, but the sheer zest Male Bonding bring to bear can make even the most jaded palates tingle
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8.0
12271
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A record that’s smart, repeatedly listenable, and undeniably exciting
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8.0
12125
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Male Bonding have an eye trained on the rousing punk-pop tradition of Buzzcocks, rather than the garage hardcore tendencies of Husker Du
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8.0
12126
8.0 |
The Skinny
Sub Pop built its foundations on the kind of sound Nothing Hurts propels from your speakers. But with warmer climes around the corner, you’ll be hard pressed to find a fuzzier soundtrack
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8.0
12162
8.0 |
NME
The result is purest punk bubblegum, and deserves to be blasted long and loud all summer long
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7.5
12221
7.5 |
Bowlegs
It’s nothing especially new, but as a great man once said (albeit dressed as a woman) it’s all done in the best possible taste
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7.0
14899
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
This is an album with some bright moments and some dull ones, but the 29 minutes here whiz by with ease
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7.0
13646
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Nothing Hurts packs a hard punch in contrast to its short length. Despite clocking in at less than 30 minutes, the damage done in that small amount of time will leave you reeling for days afterward
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7.0
13677
7.0 |
No Ripcord
A record teeming with energy and vigour. Like a shaken up bottle of Coke, Nothing Hurts is simply waiting to explode all over you
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6.5
12925
6.5 |
Beats Per Minute
While the great songs are great, the music as a whole seems to have lost some of its early edge
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6.0
12174
6.0 |
Uncut
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6.0
12127
6.0 |
The Fly
Having upped their production values by a vast amount, the lovable messiness of old becomes lost in a sea of rounded edges and subtlety -
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6.0
12586
6.0 |
Q
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