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Slave Vows

The Icarus Line

Slave Vows

Fifth studio album from the post-rock hardcore band from Los Angeles, California, this time with a "live in the studio" approach

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7.9

Label
Agitated
UK Release date
08/07/2013
US Release date
06/08/2013
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  1. 9.5 |   The Quietus

    Slave Vows is a masterpiece, its black-hearted explosions and sordid vibes coming from a darker place than most of those pantomiming their way through rock & roll
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  2. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Just when you think you’ve fallen out of love with The Icarus Line, they fuck you up all over again
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  3. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    An eminently powerful work of rock ‘n’ roll from start to finish, Slave Vows hasn’t saved the soul of rock music, but it sure as hell has revitalized it
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  4. 9.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Towering music that sounds like it was scientifically engineered to take down skyscrapers
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  5. 8.2 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Whatever the album lacks in refinement and songwriting polish, it gains in the unflagging energy these tunes emanate
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    It is what it is: a passionate, purposeful and wonderfully presented collection of combustive rock songs
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  7. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Loud in that way you can turn the volume down but the squalls and screeches of guitar still manage to sustain serious pressure on the eardrums
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  8. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Cardamone’s crew are at their peak when moving between the simmering heat and the fireball, and these drawn-out song structures give them more space than ever to explore the tension between nervy build-up and cathartic release
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  9. 8.0 |   The 405

    This is surely the year's most blistering rock record so far
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Heroic riffing and Joe Cardamone's raw yodel ensure they never disappoint. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   Uncut

    As intense as ever. Print edition only

  12. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Slave Vows is seriously sexy stuff, and while it doesn’t quite match the scope of Penance Soiree, it certainly looks set to kickstart the next chapter in the history of this hugely underrated mob
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  13. 7.0 |   NME

    This band are slaves to nothing but their own commitment to the base passions of rock'n'roll
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  14. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    At its core, Slave Vows is an album that plays by its own set of rules, unencumbered by any sort of expectation
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  15. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Slave Vows will gain you a lot of decadent pleasure, little insight and even less mercy
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