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9.0
21924
9.0 |
Clash
The human condition set to music
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9.0
22206
9.0 |
The Observer
The album was recorded in an old factory with mics spaced out across the floor, giving the songs remarkable warmth
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8.0
22356
8.0 |
The Scotsman
Content to pastiche Dylan, Cohen and their alt-country forebears with elegiac elegance
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8.0
22360
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
There are few happy endings here, but the wounded have plenty of room to roam and waltz
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8.0
21590
8.0 |
Uncut
The sounds on Smart Flesh may be muted, but there is power and daring in its pursuit od stillness. Print edition only
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8.0
21591
8.0 |
Mojo
For all its romance, this is a record at the sharp end of mortality. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
Throughout there is a willingness to genre-hop. Print edition only
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8.0
22101
8.0 |
State
Sounding a (quiet) clarion call for a new golden age of folk
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8.0
22109
8.0 |
The Independent
Has the kind of stylistic and atmospheric unity that reminds one of what albums can offer that no other format can match
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8.0
22116
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Songs that brim with heart and nourishment
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8.0
22134
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
These exquisitely voiced musings on love, healing and mortality really hit the spot
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8.0
23380
8.0 |
AU Review
Smart Flesh is an album that captures the finest aspects of modern American folk music
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7.7
23957
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
This is a good record, but I can’t help thinking that The Low Anthem are on the verge of something great
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7.5
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7.5 |
A.V. Club
The formula works well enough, but if there’s a drawback to the album, it’s that there aren’t many signs of growth musically
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Sad and gorgeous, like a sexy undertaker. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Notes reverberate and gently die while voices float in the ether, creating a sense of reverence and calm for most of the album
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7.0
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7.0 |
Blurt
While the snooze factor is always on the verge of intruding, their seductive sensibilities manage to keep that threat at bay
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7.0
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7.0 |
BBC
A little too atonal to be described as a classic
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6.0
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6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This record does look slightly dull next to the bright sparkle of their breakthrough
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s arguably not a very outgoing album, there’s a lack of spontaneity, but it is well made
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6.0
22106
6.0 |
The Guardian
As bewitching as it is chilling
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6.0
22094
6.0 |
musicOMH
Stately, slow, serious sounding music
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5.0
22351
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
An outright bore
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5.0
23256
5.0 |
No Ripcord
A largely hollow experience
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4.8
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4.8 |
Pitchfork
With minimal effort, you can find plenty of other acts putting their own idiosyncratic spin on the early 20th century canon, many of whom simply have better songs
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3.5
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Bowlegs
A talented band still searching for a voice of their own while revelling in sounds from the past
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