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8.0
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BBC
It’s exciting, not self-indulgent; real, not affected
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8.0
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NME
It is an elegant and, quite frankly, utterly beautiful record
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8.0
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musicOMH
Beautifully written and performed and deserves to be up there with this year's best
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8.0
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Q
Print edition only
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7.0
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The Digital Fix
The band have attempted to craft their own epic soundscape and it generally works
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7.0
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7.0 |
Bowlegs
Broken Records have an extensive list of instruments and talent – we just wish they wouldn’t use it all at once
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7.0
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The Fly
Sutherland’s lugubriously stoic storytelling coats everything in a cloak of drama, all adding up, inevitably, to yet another cracking album
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7.0
18029
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Clash
A thing of troubled beauty
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6.0
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The Guardian
There's a genuinely amazing band in here somewhere, but they are still trying to find a way to make themselves heard to best advantage
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6.0
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The Skinny
It’s perhaps less consistent than its predecessor, but given how divisive that album was, Let Me Come Home should unite rather than split opinion
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6.0
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Blurt
Dark, rumbling, stadium-sized melodies
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6.0
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Drowned In Sound
Broken Records seems sadly satisfied in restricting their experimentation to the ambience and atmosphere of their music around the edges
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6.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
The juxtaposition of the more ramshackle arrangements with the beauty of their rustic instrumentation is quite enthralling
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6.0
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The Scotsman
heir second album veers close to the blandly mainstream sweep of labelmates The National and even Coldplay at times
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6.0
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Rave Magazine
If you’re looking for a slightly more adventurous companion to your Mumford & Sons album, this just may fit the bill
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6.0
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Spin
Let Me Come Home goes widescreen with a vengeance, trading in too much of the band's unhinged jig and bounce for a more generic-sounding epic soundtrack
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6.0
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6.0 |
State
Let Me Come Home seems to be more a work in progress than something that will define Broken Records’ career
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6.0
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AU Review
Falls short of the heights they’ve aimed for in its slight joylessness and oppressive sincerity
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5.8
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A.V. Club
Unfolds like a workshop in recent indie-rock anthemcraft: lofty guitar textures, vintage string flourishes, and dour low-end
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5.1
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Pitchfork
The overall mood is a little darker and the production rawer
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