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Monsters of Folk

Monsters of Folk

Monsters of Folk

Country/rock on the first offering from the indie folk supergroup

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
22/09/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The List

    A thoroughly collaborative affair; as this debut record finds all four members singing lead and together on 15 tracks of subtle, affecting country rock
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It's enough to make you grow a beard with excitement.
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  5. 8.0 |   The Independent

    A warmly enjoyable diversion
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  6. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Lush harmonies and hooky choruses unite the songs and Oberst's voice glitters out across it all like damp coal.
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  7. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    The constituent parts of this supergroup fit together extraordinarily well.
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  8. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Sometimes too many cooks are precisely enough.
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  9. 8.0 |   NME

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  10. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    It would be hard to listen to Monsters of Folk and not hear a gorgeous album.
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  12. 7.0 |   The Fly

    ...a subtle creature that will creep its way slowly into your consciousness, as their individual projects have done so seamlessly in the past
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  13. 7.0 |   Clash

    The cascading guitars and careful production all work really well and sound wise it’s what you’d expect
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  14. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A strong album full of invention, variation, and quality.
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  15. 7.0 |   Spin

    Oberst, Ward, and James trade lead vocals on a few tunes and weave haunting harmonies throughout, but it’s not difficult to discern who the lead actor is on each cut
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  16. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    The sort of lived-in record that too often feels too comfortable to compel.
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  17. 6.0 |   The Times

    The one indisputable masterpiece — the achingly dreamy Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) — is also the most stylistically removed from the singers’ oeuvres.
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  18. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    Ultimately ends up being somewhat sub-par and schmaltzy, the band just another indie rock supergroup to blindly buy into.
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