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9.0
37672
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Represents some the most spirited music Pollard’s made in years
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8.4
35808
8.4 |
Paste Magazine
A 21-track burst of classic Guided by Voices lo-fi production, trashy garage-soaked guitars and songs that could only come from Pollard’s near-obsessive approach to songwriting
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8.3
35774
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Factory finds the band falling into old, glorious habits
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8.0
35770
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
There are cash-in reunions, and there are unwelcome reunions. This is a reunion done right
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8.0
35772
8.0 |
The Irish Times
GBV move to old-fashioned, sometimes psychedelic garage rock and fuzzy folk, and still find time for the effects- heavy Old Bones and the poetic lyrics, and scuzzy codas of Go Rolling Home
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8.0
35776
8.0 |
Spin
There's blood flowing through this record, even if it's bad blood, which is often not the case even in Pollard's most well-crafted records
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8.0
35778
8.0 |
Mojo
Stands proudly alongside GBV's ragged former glories. Print edition only
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8.0
35780
8.0 |
Q
While their songs are legion, their gifts remain singular. Print edition only
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8.0
35869
8.0 |
Blurt
Proves that the pioneers of lo-fi still do it best
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8.0
35967
8.0 |
NME
Their finest work since 2001's "Isolation Drills'
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8.0
35807
8.0 |
Under The Radar
The album is nothing less than a triumphant return, marked by all the melodic bliss, songwriting eccentricities, and lyrical enigmas that define Robert Pollard, but this time supported by his most crack band of collaborators
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8.0
36043
8.0 |
The Guardian
Songs tumble into each other, many lasting just a minute or two, yet each one distinct and compelling
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8.0
36068
8.0 |
Evening Standard
In a world of conformity, they plough a lonely yet productive furrow
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7.0
36083
7.0 |
musicOMH
Time will tell whether they'll regain their old workhorse release schedule, but for now it's good to know the guys are all together in one room drinking beer and making music together again
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7.0
36170
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout toss off minute-long power-pop goofs that make intermittent blasts of real-rock transcendence feel all the more striking
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7.0
36183
7.0 |
AU Review
GBV brought high art principles to a blue collar work ethic, and Let’s Go Eat The Factory is a solid return to the blueprint that made them famous
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7.0
36190
7.0 |
Bowlegs
This is a crate-load of random, occasionally psychedelic, sometimes out-there, alt-rock demos-made-good from a group of musicians who have found their way back to a certain place in time
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7.0
35843
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Some come-backs are fraught with danger, both commercial and artistic. This one is entirely justified. Welcome back, guys
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7.0
35864
7.0 |
Prefix
When it comes to churning out song after song after wildly different song, Pollard is as irrepressible a shapeshifter as ever
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6.9
35804
6.9 |
Pitchfork
They may never hit upon a run as good as they did 15 years back - few bands have - but Factory's a better, weirder shot at it than anybody could've possibly expected
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6.1
35896
6.1 |
Beats Per Minute
The album’s sound suggests that of a band on auto-pilot, one that’s not so much invested in recording new material as it is in simply going through the motions of recording new material
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6.0
36101
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
It's like the Noughties never happened, in ways both good and bad
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6.0
36152
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Lo-fi, low-slung melodic grunge, literally recorded in the guitarist’s garage with attendant instrument-swappin
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6.0
35779
6.0 |
Uncut
This is no retread of minor past glories - GBV appear to be getting gnarlier with age
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6.0
35871
6.0 |
The Observer
There are just enough titbits of melody though to sustain interest through the beerier-sounding fits and starts
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6.0
35988
6.0 |
PopMatters
Everything about this album feels “classic”, but in the end the material itself is merely solid
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6.0
36007
6.0 |
BBC
Shining brightest among …Factory’s clutter, it’s Sprout who has fully seized the opportunity afforded by this line-up’s reformation
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5.0
36027
5.0 |
The 405
For the fan’s of Guided By Voices’ original sound, there is a lot to like here, but for people new to the band, this may not be the album to show off the band’s strengths
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5.0
36282
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If it wasn’t patchy it wouldn’t be a GBV album
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4.0
35920
4.0 |
God Is In The TV
Little more than a scrappy, doggedly lo-fi, collection of half-thoughts and almost-ideas; fragments as variable in quality as they are in style
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4.0
35874
4.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Works as an offering to those obsessive enough to be satisfied just to see Sprout and Pollard up on the same stage and little else
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3.0
35775
3.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
What a boring record, and what an indie mistake
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