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8.0
29050
8.0 |
All Music
It’s all put together in a right-sized package, too, with no filler to speak of, then wrapped in warm production from David Baron, who finds the proper balance of shadows and light
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7.0
29048
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
May not live up to what one expects from early Murphy or Bauhaus, however it does do its job fairly well
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7.0
29049
7.0 |
PopMatters
Has a few overindulgently drony moments, particularly on “Secret Silk Society”, but for the most part it is a virile return to form
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6.0
29045
6.0 |
Uncut
A classy return. Print edition only
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6.0
29046
6.0 |
Q
Closer to a muscular version of Bauhaus than he's ventured recently. Print edition only
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6.0
29595
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
A surprisingly visceral experience as he casts his jet-black tales against a backdrop of tough hard rock
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6.0
29630
6.0 |
FasterLouder
Murphy has an undeniably magnificent voice but here he is straining to support it with songs of an equal calibre
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5.0
29044
5.0 |
A.V. Club
Murphy sounds like he’d be better off singing the more subdued material from his last solo album, 2004’s mediocre Unshattered
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4.0
29047
4.0 |
Mojo
A plodding take on alt rock. Print edition only
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