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9.0
51916
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
If a better straightforward rock record emerges later this year, it will have to be an absolute blinder to match up to this stunning effort
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8.0
51617
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Chelsea Light Moving is raw, loud evidence that Moore is still more than acquainted with the joys of rocking out
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8.0
51723
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
To be fair, Chelsea Light Moving isn’t Sonic Youth. Instead, the band (and, by extension, the album) plays like the menacing Jekyll to Sonic Youth’s Hyde
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8.0
51571
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The songs are punchy and direct. They jump out of the speakers, slap you around the head, splash water over your face, slap you again and then they’re gone
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8.0
51572
8.0 |
musicOMH
There is more than enough quality here to once again establish the eternally youthful Thurston Moore as one of alternative rock’s most vital voices
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8.0
51573
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Thurston has a fairly unique way with melody, and these songs – strewn with guitars that burn and mutilate like corrosive acids etching chemical horror into unprotected flesh – are unmistakeably his
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8.0
51574
8.0 |
BBC
It’s hard not to by won over, once again, by Moore’s indomitable, eternal teenager energy
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8.0
51578
8.0 |
Q
Thurston Moore has his sonic menace back. Print edition only
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8.0
51582
8.0 |
Mojo
The lyrics shed little light on Moore's interior life, but Chelsea Light Moving's sound and fury certainly thrill. Print edition only
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8.0
52325
8.0 |
Art Rocker
While lyrically it feels a little aged (see cringe-worthy ‘Communist Eyes’) ‘Chelsea Light Moving’ shows Moore’s still got plenty of Youth spirit
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7.7
52493
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
While the album may be tinted by listener’s perceptions of his personal life, Moore never forgets to have a good time
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7.5
52201
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
What you hear on listen one is what you get
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7.5
52472
7.5 |
Prefix
Chelsea Light Moving's self-titled debut is the one of the best recordings Thurston Moore has been a part of for years
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7.5
51805
7.5 |
A.V. Club
If this is indeed the next stage of Moore’s career rather than just another one-off project, it’s an assured, though sporadically underwhelming, soft launch
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7.0
51801
7.0 |
PopMatters
Moore strives to craft songs that are as far removed from Sonic Youth as possible
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7.0
51627
7.0 |
The 405
A four-piece rock band with his guitar playing and his distinctive voice will obviously sound like Sonic Youth, but this album is at times heavier and less complicated than them
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7.0
51588
7.0 |
All Music
Another chapter in Moore's lifelong exploration of sound, poetry, and the darkest corners of American subcultures he helped build, and continues to add to
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7.0
51575
7.0 |
NME
After 30 years of kicking out the jams, he's still making guitars scream in ecstasy
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7.0
51577
7.0 |
Uncut
Awkward moments or not, this group moves as one
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6.8
51610
6.8 |
Pitchfork
The record seems like a conscious attempt for Moore to get back to serious shredding, to move away from introspection and toward the immediate thrill of pummel and screech
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6.8
52109
6.8 |
The AU Review
There is some genuinely good song writing on this album, it’s just not as consistent or pungent as Moore’s past work
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6.0
52372
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Bathrobe-at-noon bitterness
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6.0
52497
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The standout track here is ‘Mohawk’, where an almost post-rock-esque, one-note backdrop sits under Moore’s spoken-word prose
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6.0
51775
6.0 |
DIY
'Chelsea Light Moving' may be no Sonic Youth album, but it's definitely a Thurston Moore record
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6.0
51776
6.0 |
The Observer
Their washes of thrillingly heavy guitar complementing strong material
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4.0
52105
4.0 |
The Digital Fix
Thurston Sonic Youth Moore's latest 'solo' project seems to be a far cry from his glory days
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3.0
52136
3.0 |
No Ripcord
Whereas in the past there was a sense that Sonic Youth were transforming their touch-stones, even if in a minor way - there are no such surprises here
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