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9.0
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musicOMH
A feverishly atmospheric and potent brew... Ignore it at your peril.
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8.0
215
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Blender
Pop is far away; these songs teeter on the brink of madness or unbearable loss.
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8.0
216
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Drowned In Sound
It has been an age – perhaps never – since PJ Harvey has made a record that’s such a fucking blast.
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8.0
221
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Observer Music Monthly
This is a piecemeal work glued together by sheer, throat-grabbing charisma.
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8.0
225
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Scotland on Sunday
It is at the opposite end of her musical spectrum from the acoustic song-based White Chalk two years ago, but perhaps all the more loveable for it.
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8.0
227
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The Guardian
It all hangs together brilliantly, suggesting the mutual understanding of two artists at the peak of their powers.
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8.0
229
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The List
And what do you know: she’s smiling.
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8.0
230
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The Quietus
It's Harvey's good fortune that in this collaboration she can make such characteristic work, and Parish's loss that his contribution may well be overlooked by fans.
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8.0
231
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The Scotsman
Her singing is more expressive and dramatically varied than ever across this album.
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7.0
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Spin
Harvey morphs from rasping seductress to screaming chimera with stunning velocity.
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7.0
223
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PopMatters
Isn’t the most essential item in either artist’s discography, it’s still one worth hearing—if only to witness how slowly and deliberately it reveals its difficult charms.
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
Finds her at her most gleefully deranged. Parish provides music, while Harvey recites, sings and mangles the lyrics.
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6.2
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Pitchfork
Surely pals Parish and Harvey had a good time making it, but there's not a lot to enjoy beyond Harvey's ever-inimitable presence.
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6.0
232
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The Sunday Times
You’ll only like this if you admire the less commercial and more intense side of Harvey’s oeuvre.
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6.0
234
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Uncut
Parish and Harvey sound confidently experimental, like two soldiers daring each other to ever more stupendous feats of bravery.
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5.0
218
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Independent on Sunday
Every new PJ Harvey release comes so laden under the weight of its own importance that it feels like heresy to report that it's merely all right, but that's exactly what this one is.
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5.0
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The Observer
Separately, these musicians are complicated. Together, they can be impenetrable.
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4.0
217
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Evening Standard
Harvey says the pair won't be making another record for a long time. Absolutely fine by me.
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4.0
233
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The Times
When two people who use each other as sounding boards share the burden of composition, who is left to tell them that they’re barking, so to speak, up the right tree?
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4.0
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The Independent
It's more than 12 years since they released Dance Hall at Louse Point... few will be disappointed if their alliance suffers another hiatus of similar duration.
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