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7.5
59958
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Joe Easly’s drumming remains absolutely fucking insanely brilliant. Some things haven’t changed
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7.0
60121
7.0 |
Spin
Despite the full dismissal of punk roots here — the blended-in drumming, the lack of rollercoaster twists and turns in the tempos and time signatures — Uncanney Valley's only real stumbles are lyrical
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7.0
59956
7.0 |
The 405
They're back in business and, crucially, still on form
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7.0
59957
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
It’s a joy to hear the plan writing together again, and any fears that this would be nothing more than a vessel for Travis’s solo material are abated
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7.0
59979
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s too well-crafted, too gregarious, too self-assured, and too joyful to not be enjoyable
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7.0
59984
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A decade after breaking up, DP find themselves firmly in step with our attention-disordered, hypernostalgic times
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6.8
60042
6.8 |
Paste Magazine
The artistic liberty of neglecting to ease anyone in to a new incarnation of the same band is wholly admirable. The result, however, is pretty uneven
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6.5
60563
6.5 |
Under The Radar
Certainly proves that, 10 years on, there's still life left in these old dogs
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6.4
59955
6.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It’s an album worth loving in spite of itself
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6.0
59972
6.0 |
NME
Not the comeback it could have been
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6.0
60560
6.0 |
The Quietus
An enjoyable and accomplished record
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6.0
59953
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s great to have The Dismemberment Plan back, but whether we really needed this record is perhaps a thornier question
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6.0
59954
6.0 |
All Music
The sound still has plenty of the angular grooves that we've all come to know and love, but there's a different mood on the album
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5.8
59990
5.8 |
A.V. Club
Uncanney Valley is curiously conflict-free—and for a band that always thrived on friction, that can make for a frustrating listen
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5.0
60031
5.0 |
PopMatters
Uncanney Valley is just okay, which, by D-Plan standards, means that this could very well be the worst thing they’ve ever done
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4.5
60028
4.5 |
Pitchfork
Anytime a much-loved band returns from a long pause and tries to recapture some of the old magic, there's always the chance that they'll come up short
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2.0
60449
2.0 |
No Ripcord
It really shouldn’t have been this disappointing
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