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9.0
24789
9.0 |
Clash
Simultaneously luscious in their orchestration and muted in their delivery
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9.0
24923
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The sound of an exceptional band finally ready to step out of the shadows
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9.0
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9.0 |
No Ripcord
By stripping things back a little, Low have turned in their most confident, consistent record to date
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9.0
25156
9.0 |
PopMatters
As great as C’mon is in a vacuum, viewed over the palimpsest of Low’s history, these ten tracks are even more powerful
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8.4
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Beats Per Minute
C’mon’s songs are denser, deeper, and simply better than the bulk of the band’s discography
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8.0
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BBC
The elements that bind are the clarity of the performance and the simplicity of the songs
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Slow, exquisitely sad meditations on love, faith and self-doubt. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Skinny
Less is assuredly more, yet C’mon is steeped in some lavish production, relatively speaking
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8.0
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Uncut
The band's great ninth album is a departure from the minimal Drums And Guns. Print edition only
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
This being Low, it’s obviously not all sweetness and light, but the fact that quite a bit of it is makes C’mon a surprisingly warm and welcoming record
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8.0
24793
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The Fly
Low have continued to redefine the art of understatement
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8.0
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DIY
Alan Sparhawk and co. maintain their melancholic disposition, only this time it’s surrounded by fluttering arpeggio guitars
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
Whatever C'mon lacks in newness it more than compensates for in intimacy and richness
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8.0
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Spin
Goth-folk slow jam "Especially Me" burns with private anger, while "Witches" sounds like Jimi Hendrix thawing in the sun
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
Their warmest and most personable record to date
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Rich, earthy and tranquil, C’mon is the perfect soundtrack to the changing seasons
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8.0
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The Guardian
C'mon is an invitation too intriguing not to take up
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8.0
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AU Review
Every Low album has been made with love. Thankfully the peace has also returned
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8.0
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Subba Cultcha
Deserves a place in any self respecting indie rock fans collection and if anything might prove the perfect introduction to this most underrated and misunderstood of bands
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Quietus
C'mon doesn't so much demand your attention as your patience. Listen to it, leave it, come back to it again; it rewards multiple listens
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7.5
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A.V. Club
An uneven record, but for every song that doesn’t hit the mark, there’s another that exhibits the band’s mastery of patient eruptions
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7.5
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Prefix
Low are, still going strong, still this consistent, still delivering vital albums like C’mon
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7.2
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7.2 |
Pitchfork
If you already like Low, C'mon will not disappoint you, and though it's not their best album, it's a fairly accessible distillation of where they've been
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7.0
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Blurt
While, overall, this may not be their best work, it certainly features tracks that rank among their finest
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
C’mon certainly works as an easy entry point into the Low catalogue
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7.0
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musicOMH
Over the course of 10 tracks it hops and skips between the stripped-down drones and simple harmonies of their earliest work
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7.0
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NME
It finds them swept up in lush, profoundly pretty soundscapes. Print edition only
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6.0
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The Independent
The most important change is the replacement of the producer Dave Fridmann with Matt Beckley, best known for his work with such as Kate Perry and Avril Lavigne. It's not, to be frank, a good move
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6.0
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Mojo
Suggests their state of grace deserves a wider congregation. Print edition only
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5.5
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Bowlegs
Moments of gentle beauty are too often swept up in the record’s less subtle tracks
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