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Purgatory/Paradise

Throwing Muses

Purgatory/Paradise

Album number nine from the Newport, Rhode Island alt.rock band forms part of a book of photos and lyrics

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
It Books
UK Release date
11/11/2013
US Release date
11/11/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Purgatory/Paradise, more than any of Hersh’s records to date, is an album about loss, which might account for its fracturing
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Throughout, the Muses explore their ruminative, acoustic side, their raging side, and their rare but surefire pop side
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Hersh still transmits a visionary quality through her songs. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A tripped-down production adds intimacy, though Hersh's voice isn't quite as strong as it once was. Print edition only

  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    While this borrows from all eras of the band’s long history, it’s got its own tense seething, it’s own structure, it’s own curiosities and, finally, it’s own impact
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  6. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A mixed bag, and while it lives up more to the first half of its title than the latter, its best moments still prove worthy of the wait
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    They're quieter and less raging than they were, but retain the nagging pull of their creator's creative disturbance
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