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9.1
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9.1 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have pushed themselves to new heights on Mosquito. They have crafted a sound that is new for them and unique in its context, but that falls neatly into what we have come to expect from a trio whose power and creativity runs consistently unchecked
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9.0
53334
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It never feels like Yeah Yeah Yeahs are flogging us old stock, more that they’ve stealthily become a band with a classic sound
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9.0
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9.0 |
musicOMH
Possibly their most assured and unique record to date. Don’t be surprised if Mosquito is on lists of the best albums of the year by the end of 2013
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9.0
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9.0 |
DIY
The magic here is less visceral than their debut, but far more accomplished than many may have given the trio credit for
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8.3
53474
8.3 |
A.V. Club
It would be redundant to call what Yeah Yeah Yeahs are doing on Mosquito “experimental,” since the group has always had a certain confrontational weirdness programmed into its DNA
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8.1
53531
8.1 |
Paste Magazine
For a band who knows their history with their own vocal and guitar sound, the genre-hopping is a natural fit
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8.1
53438
8.1 |
AltSounds
Mosquito is a great record. It's simple really. Go out, go buy it and go listen
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8.0
53407
8.0 |
Clash
It embraces the band’s early, reverb-heavy sound but also tips its hat to the dance feel they’ve been honing in recent years
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8.0
53408
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The most purely fun album the band has made since Fever to Tell
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8.0
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8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The rare sound of a band growing up without growing old
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8.0
53291
8.0 |
Uncut
Bears little resemblance to the raw snarl of early '00s cuts. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
As much as it recaptures some of their early buccaneering early spirit, it also shows off some explosive new tricks. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
For all their bells and whistles, the YYYs are all about the direct delivery of pleasure, and manage it just fine once again
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8.0
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8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
It’s infested with the collective naughtiness and layered irony of a B-movie all-nighter: there are vampires and aliens, fears of invisible monsters and being buried alive
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Yeah Yeah Yeahs sound like a band with a future, who may have their most interesting albums ahead of them. Among their peers, that makes them almost unique
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8.0
53319
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are still innovating, and even those previously apathetic to them will be hard-pressed to deny that they’re still one of the most exciting guitar bands around
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
They've stepped up their ballad game, and the grooves, smartly percussive and Kanye-slick, are deeper than ever
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Scotsman
In its more questing and experimental moments, and in the slowed-right-down phases of introspection, it’s an unquestionably powerful and unique work
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7.5
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7.5 |
Under The Radar
For all their consistency, it's good to know Yeah Yeah Yeahs remain capable of pulling off the unexpected
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7.1
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7.1 |
Beats Per Minute
They’re still capable of brilliance (particularly on the opening and closing tracks), but too much of Mosquito is bogged down by tongue-in-cheek frivolity
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Tries to find a path forward for a more 'mature' Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It doesn't get all the way there, but it will get into your blood all the same
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Like the best blues singers, O manages to make loneliness not just inclusive but balls-out celebratory
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7.0
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7.0 |
The 405
With every listen, you pray they reach the Everestine standards they set themselves. Fingers crossed that after a few weeks and many more listens, they do
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
It might not be as cohesive as their best albums, but the standout songs rival their finest moments
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6.0
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6.0 |
Pitchfork
It feels uncharacteristic, calling to mind a lot of words that have never fit this band before: confused, dreary, uninspired, and-- on one particularly baffling song about aliens-- uncool
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
For a band whose name echoes with the affirmative, none of this feels like a definitive lunge towards some loftier height, either artistic or commercial
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
The band are still best at their most unhinged, as on the gospel-punk of Sacrilege and the guitar-driven title track — searing highlights make you wish the rest of Mosquito was a bit more full-blooded
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
It may not have the same spark of juvenile gaucherie that made Fever to Tell so effective, and it may contain some of the worst songs the band has ever recorded, but it at least achieves that unevenness through serious, unorthodox means
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
It feels like a reaction to the concise, clear-headed It's Blitz! Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Fly
‘Mosquito’ doesn’t match the New Yorkers’ last LP, 2009’s brilliant ‘It’s Blitz!’
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Four albums later, the Brooklyn outfit has run so far from the proverbial leash that they’ve forgotten what home might be
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
'Mosquito' may conjure a similar frenzy to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' previous three albums, but it paints a disjointed picture of the band's turbulent history, on an already messy canvass
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6.0
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6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
If we can forgive them for the worst album cover of 2013, we can forgive them for releasing an album that doesn't beat to their usual, brilliant pace
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6.0
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6.0 |
No Ripcord
Yeah Yeah Yeahs had seemed to have stopped making repetitious tracks. Seemed to. Mosquito is a big back step in that department
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5.0
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5.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have had no problems in the past moving on to the next thing. Here’s hoping they spend a little time and decide how they want to get there first
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
What went wrong and where is up to them to find out exactly, but at least we can take solace in remembering that going back to the drawing board is something that has previously brought out the best in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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3.0
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3.0 |
PopMatters
An album that bears a lot of attributes with the creature it’s named after: it doesn’t follow a set path, makes a lot of noise in your ears, but its ultimately something you’ll want to swat away and get rid of because of just how badly it annoys you
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