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8.2
65108
8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The kind of record to soundtrack sunbaked summer months
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8.0
65533
8.0 |
Under The Radar
It feels like a reverent, immersive ramble through the corridors of lysergic pop history
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8.0
65046
8.0 |
The List
Psych folk, neo-psychedelia, call it what you like – Woods make pop music, and pretty glorious it sounds
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8.0
65054
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Woods have, once again, put together an absorbing psychedelic folk-rock record that’s more timeless than trendy
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8.0
64667
8.0 |
All Music
The album is easily the most solid offering from the Woods camp to date, besting even the production of its incredibly strong predecessor and presenting the songs with even more clarity and interesting choices than ever before
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8.0
64670
8.0 |
NME
It sparkles with the light and love mentioned in the album title, lending the 10 songs the lackadaisical summer vibe of the Berkeley Street hippies in ’60s San Francisco
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8.0
64671
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Woods once again prove that they can casually strike the perfect balance between imaginative pop confections and untethered psychedelic jams
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8.0
64680
8.0 |
Uncut
There's a mellow late-Beatles vibe at play, and this may be the band;s finest to date. Print edition only
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8.0
64681
8.0 |
Mojo
Unshowy, timeless folk rock musing on hippyish themes. Print edition only
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8.0
64686
8.0 |
PopMatters
On this album you get to hear Woods in perhaps the purest form yet, even as you know that form will change again for the next record. Until then, embrace the bittersweet now
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7.9
64672
7.9 |
Pitchfork
“Breakthrough”, “masterpiece”, “bold leap”—those aren’t words that really seem applicable to With Light and With Love, or Woods for that matter, but they’re allowing themselves to be extremely likable for a larger crowd
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7.8
64691
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
Even the most drawn-out, mind-bending stretches on the album serve a purpose, managing to avoid sounding like sonic filler
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7.1
64704
7.1 |
Earbuddy
This record’s immense precision and attention to detail make it stand (slightly) above Woods’ contemporaries
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7.0
64666
7.0 |
The 405
They're slowly emerging as masters of their mellow-pop craft
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6.0
64668
6.0 |
DIY
What ‘With Light And With Love’ lacks in surprises, it more than makes up for with quality
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6.0
64669
6.0 |
The Skinny
Their mellowest effort yet
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5.8
64761
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Regardless of how the album was made and the impact of those decisions, the overall songwriting found in the collection is just not as strong
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5.5
64812
5.5 |
Beardfood
Must sound great after a day of surfing, but has too little substance to entertain the focused listener
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