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10.0
21626
10.0 |
musicOMH
A genre defining release and a welcome return to boundary surfing music
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9.0
21511
9.0 |
The Fly
A quasi-concept, quasi-prog behemoth
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8.0
21571
8.0 |
No Ripcord
A heroic symphony that sounds wholly constructed
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8.0
21625
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Tao Of The Dead is Trail Of Dead taking the strengths and hallmarks of their 17 year career into one beautifully orchestrated concept and returning back to form
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8.0
21456
8.0 |
BBC
Both as a standalone record and part of …Trail of Dead’s considerable canon, Tao of the Dead will be remembered as a high point.
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8.0
21457
8.0 |
The Skinny
This is a typically buoyant, explosive, rather excellent album
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8.0
22688
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A muscular performance that’s pudgy in all the right places and knows that a bit of self-love never harmed anyone
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7.5
21684
7.5 |
A.V. Club
At last, the band sounds breathless and unbound again
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7.2
21851
7.2 |
Pitchfork
Set your controls for the heart of your bong
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7.0
22419
7.0 |
The Quietus
[The band] presents their thesis on why the band – and progressive rock – isn’t over. They might just have us convinced
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7.0
21724
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
An unusually refreshing approach to their craft.
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7.0
21459
7.0 |
Spin
The band's typically thunderous melodic sprawl and cryptic musings on life and death perfectly fit the conceptual bill
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7.0
21522
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Several tracks on Tao of the Dead could actually stand on their own as honest-to-goodness singles
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7.0
21565
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
It's the work of a band remembering how to be both ambitious and effortless
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7.0
24674
7.0 |
NME
Sounding as vital as they ever have
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6.0
23282
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Its 16 songs are arranged into two continuous "suites." In other words: You win some, you lose some
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6.0
24032
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
21458
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Follow their own deadcrumbs back to the spirit of their early brilliance, casting aside the bloated arrangements and grand gestures of recent efforts for concise ideas and immediate action
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6.0
21639
6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
A little concept-heavy
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6.0
21476
6.0 |
Mojo
They've never hit on so satisfying a synthesis of anthem and ambition. Print edition only
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5.2
21993
5.2 |
Beats Per Minute
The band is lost and looking desperately for an audience and a voice. I hope they start looking somewhere else
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4.0
21460
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
Further bloats their repertoire with songs calibrated to induce deeper despair than a past-prime drag queen's Cher routine
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