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10.0
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The Skinny
What may be the most polished and, dare we say, perfect album of their career
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9.5
24842
9.5 |
BBC
To break down this collection into tracks and songs does it a disservice – really, it’s just one eye-opening surge of splendour
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9.0
25148
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musicOMH
An essential addition to anyone's list of 2011 records to own
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9.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Makes a mockery of claims that the band are mere peddlers of music that has been done better before, either by others or themselves
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9.0
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AU Review
Both a thrillingly propulsive rock album and immersive headphone music, it’s their most adventurous release to date
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
They have threaded elements of dance and pop into the mix to grant us a healthy glimpse of their current collective states of mind
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8.5
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8.5 |
Scotland on Sunday
Take Care... is more about finesse than fist pumping
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8.0
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The Irish Times
When they get it right, the music can reach the celestial highs of the likes of Sigur Rós and Mogwai
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Fly
Both quiet majesty and frenetic attack rendered masterfully, as ever, by these cult instrumental rock boffins
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
Delicate guitar figures chime over juddering percussion, while a rogue fretboard heads for the stars like a sonic rocket
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8.0
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Clash
It doesn’t demand your attention, just quietly commands it until the point of implosion
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8.0
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NME
The defining album of their career
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8.0
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Q
Beautifully realised mini-symphonies. Print edition only
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
Reveals more small treasures with every listen
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8.0
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Spin
Their fifth album's gorgeously towering moments ("Human Qualities") seem boundless
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8.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Their boldest, most divergent outing yet
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8.0
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PopMatters
Send Take Care on a spin and let its grandeur make you feel like a movie star for an hour or so
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8.0
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Prefix
These songs still build to rupture, for sure, but rather than the immediate lightning, we get a deeper, more resonant thunder
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8.0
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Blurt
After a half-dozen records of controlled demolition, it's nice to hear Explosions in the Sky take time out for love
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7.2
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Pitchfork
There remains a certain amount of cathartic power to their music
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7.0
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7.0 |
Beats Per Minute
When past successes are revisited time and time again, it creates the worst kind of position for a band to be in. What was once thrilling becomes stale
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
Echo-laden orchestral-guitar rock as specific as Bach in its circling concentric melodies and as steadfast as AC/DC in its push to ecstasy
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7.0
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No Ripcord
The real beauty of an album like this is often in the finer detail - persist long enough and you will find plenty to enjoy
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If you enjoy the post rock sound and want to hear it played well ... then you will find a lot to enjoy here
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7.0
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God Is In The TV
Could be a possible turning point
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Take Care will stand as another one of the band’s increasingly redundant aural screensavers. That said, at least it’s a pretty one
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6.0
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Uncut
Nothing here matches Mogwai for iconoclastic bite. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Bowlegs
After settling on their signature sound a decade ago, Explosions in the Sky seem unwilling to deviate from the template they have perfected
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6.0
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Slant Magazine
In the end, the Texas band can't help but eventually indulge their desire to produce epic, guitar-driven film-score material
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4.0
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Eye Weekly
Explosions’ latest is a testament to their consistency, albeit one that’s in need of some bigger bang
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4.0
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Mojo
Up and down they go with the certainty of a bride's nightie. Print edition only
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