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8.2
65226
8.2 |
Paste Magazine
These songs aren’t calculated. They don’t sound labored over. Which is the point. It’s easily the most punk-rock thing the 97’s have done
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8.0
65227
8.0 |
All Music
Most Messed Up shows these guys can commendably hold up their rowdy side while making the kind of elemental Lone Star music that still makes them a kick to hear.
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8.0
65325
8.0 |
Uncut
Ample opportunity to re-immerse themselves in the punk fuelled exuberance they brought to alt-country two decades ago. Print edition only
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8.0
65225
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Another round of airtight songs celebrating life-as-sublime-train-wreck amid music that conjures the British Invasion landing in a Texas barroom
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8.0
67209
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
That’s Old 97’s for you: old enough to know better, daft enough to sing songs about getting drunk on whiskey and “doing it all night long” on an album their kids will probably listen to. Frankly, they deserve another 20 years of it
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Takes a cathartic and refreshing approach to the music, but they’re not exactly pressing the reset button on the signature Old 97’s sound
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6.7
65224
6.7 |
A.V. Club
The songwriting is solid, and for those who enjoy a good rehab tune like “Intervention” or the lure of the forthcoming party and catastrophe that “Wheels Off” promises, this record won’t disappoint
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6.4
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6.4 |
Pitchfork
Sure, the twitchy alienation of their earliest records is long gone, but the Old 97's are still fighting the good fight against respectability
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