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Rise Ye Sunken Ships

We Are Augustines

Rise Ye Sunken Ships

Anthemic indie rock on the debut album from the New York trio fronted by Billy McCarthy, given a belated UK release

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Oxcart
UK Release date
05/03/2012
US Release date
13/02/2012
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    A monster of an album, rich in credibility and one that is often raucous, but never noisy
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  2. 8.5 |   BBC

    A triumphant and alive debut album born from the bleakest of experiences
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  3. 8.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Rise Ye Sunken Ships is an album of desperation, hope and frantic pleas to a loved-and-lost brother. All those emotions are adeptly channeled through the compelling and aggressive indie rock
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  4. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    As emotionally exorcising as We Are Augustines’ music is, it uses hope and a promise for salvation and recovery as its primary instrument. It’s practically in Sanderson’s guitar sound, and it’s definitely in McCarthy’s vulnerable, raw wail
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  5. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This record, this unbridled but beautified shout from the depths of the guts, from the start of the heart, will serve as a worthy and unforeseeably wonderful tribute
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  6. 8.0 |   Q

    Uncomfortably personal, but it sounds irresistible. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The much-trodden road from tragedy to triumph has rarely sounded so good
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    We Are Augustines have created a record that gives the listeners all the time they need to explore the ideas inside without ever threatening to push them out the door
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  9. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Rise Ye Sunken Ships is sonically similar to Pela, and also falls into the classic, American rock genre, yet proves more muted and introspective
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  10. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Pitched between Glasvegas angst and Arcade Fire euphoria. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   NME

    Is actually pretty great, but guys, just dial it down a bit, yeah?
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  12. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    It's a disappointment that their live energy hasn't been replicated on Rise Ye Sunken Ships. This is a band that clearly can stir up an audience, so it's a pity to find quite as many lightweight tunes amongst the genuinely good ones
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  13. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Songs typically travel from the spindly to the epic, and extol the virtues of living life to the full
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  14. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Sounds like it's been pieced together with spare parts from various other big indie-rock bands
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