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7.0
40027
7.0 |
DIY
Though 'Spine Hits' never reaches the dizzy heights of Fever's 'Desert God' there's nevertheless a lot to like about the new album
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7.0
40152
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Perhaps it’s a stepping-stone to a bolder sound, but Spine Hits is still a great collection of rock songs, and while there’s a grain or two of filler, it delivers in immediacy and replay value
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7.0
40620
7.0 |
Uncut
San Francisco psych-rockers unveil all-boy lineup. Print edition only
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6.9
40117
6.9 |
Beats Per Minute
They may talk about dragging corpses and wild forces, but their pumped-up jams are more about celebrating those rays of life’s light than getting lost in the speckled shadows
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6.5
40026
6.5 |
Prefix
Well-intentioned wanderlust that leans more toward aimless ambling, Spine Hits feels too spacious, lacking the depth that both Fannan’s swelling vocals and improvised jams filled with the band’s two previous releases
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6.0
40076
6.0 |
PopMatters
Musically, the band stays well within the range of ‘60s and ‘70s guitar rock and psychedelic folk
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6.0
40028
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The effort and the ability is there, but, maybe typically for this genre, it’s all a bit too cerebral to have any sort of emotional impact
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6.0
40029
6.0 |
All Music
Fannan's absence is notable, but not to the degree where the band sounds like a completely different act altogether. They're still dealing in the same drony acid rock and textural guitar tone tapestries
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5.0
40025
5.0 |
NME
While the overall sound is brighter, it's also largely rather weedy
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5.0
40252
5.0 |
Spin
Despite sumptuous production values, Bay Area psych-rock sextet devolve into puddle of hookless, grooveless goo
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5.0
40592
5.0 |
The Quietus
While with occasional flashes of their previous excellence, Spine Hits has too many drab moments to make this anything other than their weakest work yet by far
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4.0
40024
4.0 |
musicOMH
What was, in their early days, delicious in its languor is now turgid and inert, struggling for hooks with only the most tepid sense of melody
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4.0
40058
4.0 |
Q
Spine Hits suffers from Fannan's departure. Print edition only
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