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9.3
61951
9.3 |
Paste Magazine
Everything has been honed to a razor-sharp edge ready to garrote the next political who proposes austerity measures in a time of economic crisis
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9.0
61910
9.0 |
musicOMH
Sees the band’s long term evolution continue as they deliver one of their strongest pieces of work to date
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9.0
61911
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
May just have seen Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra produce a classic. At the very least it is the culmination of a discography that has always been leading to this as its high point
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9.0
61921
9.0 |
All Music
Menuck's gift for intimate, sweeping melody remains, but it's usually woven underneath a rafter-rattling 21st century meld of punk, metal, folk forms, and more
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8.5
61912
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The best work the Canadians have produced to date. In a world where little seems to change for the better, Menuck’s anger is more vital and relevant than ever
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8.3
61956
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s the greatest of nightmares, all rolled into a few lovely harmonies
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8.0
61979
8.0 |
Mojo
A powerful collection of contemporary battle hymns. Print edition only
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8.0
61954
8.0 |
The List
Like a birthed Monarch butterfly stretching its wings, it's vivid and transfixing, but with a blackness about it like a poisonous bite of despair
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8.0
61922
8.0 |
Pitchfork
The great strides made on the band’s seventh album aren’t so much musical — it’s a logical extension of 2010’s Kollaps Tradixionales—but philosophical: This time, it’s personal
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8.0
61915
8.0 |
The Skinny
Like all SMZ releases, this is a record which treads a fine line between histrionic and redemptively passionate
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8.0
61924
8.0 |
The 405
They continue to do what they do best; enjoying making a wonderful racket
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7.5
62758
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything explores the moral murk of our times with glorious abandon. Righteous
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7.0
61923
7.0 |
NME
It’s a moving record. The only catch is, when they turn down the intensity on ‘What We Loved Was Not Enough’ they sound like Arcade Fire at their most mawkish
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7.0
61913
7.0 |
Clash
There’s a vision and attention to detail here that’s led to an decidedly individual record
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7.0
62332
7.0 |
Uncut
A focus on electric violin adds a mildly jarring echo of Curved Air to the Canadians' seventh. Print edition only
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7.0
62006
7.0 |
PopMatters
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra know that the world is ending and they want, no need you to help them save it
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6.5
61914
6.5 |
Under The Radar
They prove that post-rock isn't necessarily a dirty word and that it certainly doesn't have to be "quaint"
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5.0
62210
5.0 |
No Ripcord
The record is pervasively pessimistic, where usually SMZ would usually find hope amongst a landscape of decay and brutality
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5.0
62368
5.0 |
Fact
So as rousing as it undoubtedly is – and, of course, there’s no volume level too high to play it at – well… they can do better
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