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8.0
28917
8.0 |
The Skinny
This is an album that simply knows how to have a good time
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8.0
28918
8.0 |
Uncut
The Antlers' inchoate sprawling has been checked, revealing a surprising pop suss. Print edition only
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8.0
30120
8.0 |
The Quietus
Crystal Antlers have added conventional traits to a sound that was already highly refreshing in the way that autodidactic art usually is, and are all the more innovative for it
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7.0
29086
7.0 |
NME
It’s hard not to admire these out-there dudes – still beholden to no-one, still chugging around leaving the odour of Brussels sprouts in their wake
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7.0
29245
7.0 |
Pitchfork
Two-Way Mirror gives Crystal Antlers some much needed momentum after an unfortunate run of bad timing and bad luck
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7.0
29293
7.0 |
Beats Per Minute
A good but flawed album, with plenty of things to excite, but a few things that can disappoint
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6.5
29421
6.5 |
Bowlegs
They’ve undoubtedly got the energy, and when channeled in the right places, they’ve got whatever else they want too
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6.0
29627
6.0 |
No Ripcord
They’re a band that still sounds like they’re trying to find their footing, and it's taking them a while to do it
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6.0
30418
6.0 |
The Irish Times
An ambitious album with interesting textures – and, in its own small way, quietly defiant and proud
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6.0
29700
6.0 |
PopMatters
Two-Way Mirror can sometimes feel like a work-in-progress, either due to natural growing pains or because this is a band that’s still getting past the past
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6.0
29727
6.0 |
Q
Ambitious but also frequently uneven. Print edition only
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6.0
28987
6.0 |
Mojo
A wig-out of surf rock, Stooges-style punk and hardcore thrash. Print edition only
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6.0
29320
6.0 |
The Scotsman
A good album blessed with some great moments
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6.0
29407
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Crystal Antlers have delivered a record that, rather than making good on the promise of their early work, is simply serviceable
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6.0
29408
6.0 |
musicOMH
Their music can be tiring, their unwavering high-treble attack can be homogenous, and the schizophrenic shifts in aesthetic are, at best, pretentious, and at worst, needless kitsch
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5.8
29299
5.8 |
A.V. Club
After a decade of excellence from like-minded groups such as Liars and TV On The Radio, Crystal Antlers can’t help but sound like a mildly intriguing afterthought
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5.0
29761
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Unfolds in a mere 30-some minutes, in the time it takes to drive from one end of Andorra to the other, and like that little nation, it's appealingly craggy but irrelevant
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5.0
29672
5.0 |
Blurt
Overall lack of distinctiveness
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5.0
29674
5.0 |
Under The Radar
A prudent journey, plucky and booming but restrained, never stepping too far out of its preset realm
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5.0
29512
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The messy trajectory of Two-Way Mirror requires serious tolerance for walls of noise to endure from start to finish
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