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7.6
38633
7.6 |
Paste Magazine
Finds them sounding more mature and comfortable than ever before, signaling perhaps not an end at all, but rather a new beginning
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7.0
40327
7.0 |
Prefix
Feels like something built with the intentions of making a grand statement, but it comes up a few great songs short
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7.0
38628
7.0 |
PopMatters
The album recaptures the nearly childlike zeal of the band’s debut, and the sense of the band discovering new sounds as they record these songs transfers to the listener on most every track
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6.0
38627
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Whereas the band excels at both the gentle and the electric, it was the more eccentric accents that provided the necessary counterpoint. And while The End of That features more wonderful song craft, that counterpoint is sorely missed
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6.0
38625
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s wise and at times gorgeous but ultimately still processing the past and not ready to take risks
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5.0
38626
5.0 |
Bowlegs
Things get noisy on the giant rock, chord-smashing 2010, but it feels slowed by a sludge of mid-tempo maturity
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5.0
38634
5.0 |
Pitchfork
The unyielding geniality of the music and slackjawed lyrics show a band either unwilling or unable to commit to its own emotional ballast
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5.0
38635
5.0 |
Spin
Never decide between Arcade Fire and classic rock again. But choose either over this pastiche
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