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9.0
24138
9.0 |
Clash
It may be a little hasty to admit this soon, but this is a contender for 2011’s best
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9.0
24296
9.0 |
PopMatters
Reveals a band that is reinvigorated, one that has remembered what it was like to make music without forcing the issue
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8.0
24703
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A very trademark “indie” album, with a pop-but-not-quite-popular sound for all the hipsters out there
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8.0
25590
8.0 |
Uncut
Have returned to their pure pop-rock values with barnstorming results. Print edition only
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8.0
26245
8.0 |
Eye Weekly
Won’t yield a track destined to light up dancefloors across the hemisphere, but over-the-top ubiquity is by no means a necessity when all you’re looking for is a good time
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8.0
24213
8.0 |
The Scotsman
A muscular indie rock collection
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8.0
23822
8.0 |
Bowlegs
Not a game changer by any means, but an example of stellar song-writing nonetheless
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8.0
23108
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Just as at home making twee, danceable pop songs as they are playing around with skeletal electronics or scruffy indie rock
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8.0
24054
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Maybe Gimme Some will be the one to make people realise that there’s a lot more to Peter, Bjorn and John than that insufferable whistle
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8.0
24089
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Latest album Gimme Some may be the record where we all remember why we fell in love with Peter Bjorn & John in first place
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7.0
23109
7.0 |
Spin
If the least they do is keep revealing new shades of the familiar, it's worth sticking around and seeing this band through
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7.0
23847
7.0 |
The 405
Some tracks seem a bit watered down this time around, and although their sound is still as folksy as ever, the lyrics have started to get a bit dark
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7.0
23859
7.0 |
NME
They're sounding like a band with something to prove
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7.0
24206
7.0 |
BBC
They seem to have stopped trying to subvert their pop nous and accept what they do best, and for the most part it works a treat
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7.0
24422
7.0 |
AU Review
Benefits from a garage vibe – prominent drum rhythms, clanging guitars and distant harmonies – but at times, it feels like the CD has skipped and Vampire Weekend have taken over
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6.7
24229
6.7 |
A.V. Club
[A] retreat to light-hearted pop after the coolly received electro experiments of 2009’s Living Thing
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6.2
24051
6.2 |
Pitchfork
Nothing to whistle home about
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6.0
24304
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Doesn't find the band at their most creative
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6.0
24274
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Constantly bringing up the merits of “Young Folks” may be the kind of thing to drive our favorite Swedes crazy, but from listening to this record, you can tell they respect their massive international mega-hit and want to make more music like it
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6.0
24217
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
A foray into Seventies English punk rock, early U2 and R.E.M. anthemics, arena-drum bombast and a cowbell-happy jam their fan Kanye West could flow over
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6.0
24208
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
This might be a more natural and relaxed PB&J having the time of their lives, but it certainly doesn't find the band at their most creative
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6.0
24146
6.0 |
Under The Radar
PB&J has returned to the realm of spiky pop pleasures
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6.0
23968
6.0 |
The Irish Times
An album that adds up to a whole lot of fun. And isn’t that what good pop music should be?
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6.0
23974
6.0 |
The Guardian
A pop record through and through – albeit a spiky one in places
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6.0
23768
6.0 |
Beats Per Minute
Half awesome, half forgettable
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