-
10.0
30091
10.0 |
Uncut
It's a thrill. Something's happening wherever you turn on tracks that are dense with detail and brilliant accumulations of incident. Print edition only
-
9.5
30885
9.5 |
The Quietus
A near-flawless rock album, and certainly one of the best you'll hear all year
Read Review
-
9.1
30554
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Slave Ambient doesn’t recall the past so much as a bright, unexpected future, where bands like this inexplicably are still dreaming in new, refreshingly outsized ways
Read Review
-
9.0
30468
9.0 |
musicOMH
An amazing record, but it is far from immediate as these songs take time to develop into something tangible
Read Review
-
9.0
30439
9.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The melodies on Slave Ambient know when it’s their turn. So does the noise
Read Review
-
9.0
30390
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A fine album that deserves to be recognised amongst the finest to have seen this lap of the sun
Read Review
-
9.0
30715
9.0 |
Blurt
An album of the year, built not upon flash or novelty, but a new take on traditional rock and roll that is always pushing forward
Read Review
-
8.5
30718
8.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Place Adam Granduciel as one of the musicians with serious talent and songwriting acumen in modern indie rock
Read Review
-
8.5
30476
8.5 |
Bowlegs
A gorgeously interesting hybrid of tracks that easily surge past the point of lazy comparison.
Read Review
-
8.3
30966
8.3 |
Pitchfork
The really amazing thing about the album is how anthemic and affirming it feels despite the near total absence of proper sing-along choruses
Read Review
-
8.0
31181
8.0 |
The Irish Times
There are interesting shadows and kinks to the music that turn literate, big-hearted tunes like Your Love Is Calling My Name, Baby Missiles and Come to the City into irresistible grooves
Read Review
-
8.0
31331
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Blazes forward on its own path more than it follows in the footsteps of the others
Read Review
-
8.0
30788
8.0 |
PopMatters
A quilt of warm, humming music
Read Review
-
8.0
30662
8.0 |
Prefix
An expansive statement from beginning to end
Read Review
-
8.0
34648
8.0 |
FasterLouder
A strange, joyful experience
Read Review
-
8.0
35731
8.0 |
The Guardian
Makes a triumph of the unlikely premise that US heartland rock and Krautrock would mix like old friends – it is the sound, if you like, of the Neu! Street Band... A wonderful record
Read Review
-
8.0
30532
8.0 |
Clash
Sweeping melodies and classic rock flow effortlessly through this catchy sophomore album
Read Review
-
8.0
30455
8.0 |
DIY
War On Drugs does an excellent job of sequencing their songs, interrupting batches of well-penned and structured songs with more explicitly textural instrumentals
Read Review
-
8.0
30406
8.0 |
Under The Radar
A swath of nostalgia in a storm of mind-bending audio. This is boss-gaze, and—sorry, old dudes and purity chasers—it's stupendous
Read Review
-
8.0
30428
8.0 |
The Fly
It’s rambling, sure, but when the wispy clouds disperse, there’s something of an epiphan
Read Review
-
8.0
30021
8.0 |
Mojo
Echoes with vibrant life, helping make it a work of real wonder. Print edition only
-
8.0
30352
8.0 |
No Ripcord
[Kurt] Vile may get all the end-of-year glory, but his comrade’s first full-length effort is just as laudable and commendable
Read Review
-
8.0
30306
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
An immaculate and quite beautiful offering
Read Review
-
7.5
30440
7.5 |
The 405
A classic rock album that rarely sounds like classic rock
Read Review
-
7.5
30712
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
Slave Ambient makes you feel good, and I’m glad that’s all they ever wanted
Read Review
-
7.0
33444
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
If you ever wondered what it would sound like if you smooshed Tom Petty and Neu! together, Slave Ambient might be a good start
Read Review
-
7.0
30451
7.0 |
BBC
Full of decent songs with a lot of heart
Read Review
-
7.0
30568
7.0 |
NME
If this lot are attempting to wage war, it seems that at the moment the drugs are still very much winning
Read Review
-
7.0
30337
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This glacial, considered approach might not win The War On Drugs many radio plays, but it’s a method that pays off handsomely across a full album
Read Review
-
7.0
30010
7.0 |
Spin
It's vexing - in exactly the right way
Read Review
-
6.0
30011
6.0 |
The Skinny
Inconsistent, but nonetheless impressive
Read Review
-
6.0
30508
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
A well-studied rock crew with an honest experimental streak
Read Review
-
6.0
30465
6.0 |
The Observer
His songs thrum and drone and hum like, well, loose ambient rock
Read Review
-