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Consequence Of Sound
Wild Flag would undoubtedly be an excellent debut album, even without taking the players’ all-star pedigrees into consideration. As it stands, supergroups rarely have any business sounding this good
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Prefix
Wild Flag is the creator of an absurdly good album, one of the most vital of 2011
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Whether or not you’ve got an eye and an ear for what’s romance, Wild Flag is the best rock album of 2011. It’s that simple
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9.0
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The Quietus
It's apt that the youthful ideal of playing in a band keeps cropping up in the lyrics: these songs are infused with a joyous enthusiasm more befitting of a group twenty years Wild Flag's junior. A teenage dream of a record
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8.5
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BBC
They imbue this gloriously raucous debut with infectious energy, astonishingly intricate musicianship and savvy melodic know-how throughout
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A.V. Club
Considering the personnel involved, it’s no surprise Wild Flag works as well as it does, or that it picks up in a familiar place. It’s just nice when a super-group actually lives up to the title
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Beats Per Minute
They’re not reinventing the wheel, hell they’re barely even reinventing themselves, but that’s a good thing on this occasion
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The Irish Times
Throughout you’ll find yourself thrilled skinny about many things. The mad, thumping melodies. The hard-ass guitar riffs. The superb dynamic screams and shrieks. The tunes that keep coming back for more
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8.0
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Q
This band want to you have as much fun as they so clearly are. Print edition only
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Q
A new band with an average age of around 40 and a sound raging around 19-and-a-half. Print edition only
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Uncut
Proof that punchy three-minute declarations of desire don't belong exclusively to the under-20s. Print edition only
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Blurt
These four riotous women, no longer riot grrrls, sound energized and inspired, happy to work with one another, happy to ride a riff and to rock unrepentantly
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8.0
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No Ripcord
The eventual sound is not far off a ‘Gigantic’ style, Deal led, Pixies set up
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Spin
They're the band that you've been waiting for, but guess what? They're even better than you expected. Brownstein, Timony, Weiss, and Cole honor an already staggering two-decade legacy by simply starting a new one
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Under The Radar
Vibrant, essential music on par with anything else these four women have done before
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8.0
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PopMatters
It’s when Brownstein more or less takes the reins halfway through on Wild Flag that the album begins to gel and the band makes a mark all its own
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
There are no wasted moments here – these are lifers who know exactly what they're doing
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8.0
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Pitchfork
Rock'n'roll fun
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Paste Magazine
These songs are like shit-eating grins from ear to ear, and you can simply feel that they’re played with such happiness
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Bowlegs
There’s warmth and joy in ‘Wild Flag’ that clearly comes from the band doing exactly what they want
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8.0
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NME
It's a thrill to be able to pop an ear in their direction and listen in. Print edition only
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The Guardian
Every moment gives the impression that its makers are raiding their record collections for favourite sounds and having an absolute blast
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8.0
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The Fly
Woozy keys, punchy riffs and insanely complex rumbling rhythms collide infectiously over ten tracks of super smart indie rock. Delish!
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8.0
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Daily Telegraph
A fun-loving, tune-heavy indie/punk/pop romp
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The Observer
This post-riot grrrl super-group offering is as cohesive as it is exuberant
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Drowned In Sound
Whether you come to this album fresh, or as a former fan of some other bands the members used to be in, Wild Flag offers a lot to the listener
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8.0
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musicOMH
Some may describe this album as too raucous and little more than a racket, but it's a glorious racket
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The Digital Fix
Young guns go hang. These ladies got you beat. The coolest band in the world just arrived. What you gonna do about it?
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
Beyond comparisons to Sleater-Kinney's past work, the album functions as an intriguing first effort, jagged but routinely promising
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The Skinny
What it lacks in ambition being more than compensated for by an endearing sense of fun and immediacy
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Rave Magazine
A solid indie rock record, nothing more, nothing less
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