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8.0
66434
8.0 |
Clash
On the whole this is clever, electronically-infused rock that showcases Ounsworth’s songwriting chops
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8.0
66539
8.0 |
PopMatters
Only Run, both in form and function, is CYHSY‘s return to relevance, excellence even, and one of the best independent rock records of 2014
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7.5
68683
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's most atmospherically accomplished album to date, boding well for the future of a band who could quite easily have stayed stuck in the mid-noughties indie rut
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7.0
66366
7.0 |
Spin
The album is about what we all struggle with: finding meaning in our daily lives and hoping regret doesn't get in the way
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6.5
66835
6.5 |
Beardfood
Alec's intense wail, as amazing as ever, saves an otherwise unremarkable affair
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6.0
66775
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
An album that rarely seems overblown, even when the songs are big enough to fill a cathedral
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6.0
66350
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Ounsworth is a self-effacing maverick, and whilst we may not always like where he’s going, we’re clearly going to have to let him
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6.0
66351
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Suffers a significant lack of the sheer vibrancy and enthusiasm that made their off-kilter beginnings so invigorating
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5.8
66354
5.8 |
Pitchfork
Has the feel of a band being reconstructed in real time, with an increased reliance on synthesizers, manipulated voice effects, sampled dialogue, and song fragments pieced together like unevenly aligned Lego blocks
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5.8
66360
5.8 |
Earbuddy
They are coming across as a slightly quirkier cousin of The Shins, rather than the uniquely exciting band that they once were
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5.0
66401
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Only Run bears no resemblance to any of the “self-produced” qualities of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. It is, however, pretty-sounding at every turn
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5.0
66352
5.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The most optimistic light to view Only Run in is also the most condemning; it’s not so much a fully realized album as it is a promising blueprint for songs that haven’t yet been written
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5.0
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5.0 |
NME
Alec Ounsworth’s mewling vocal - while unquestionably distinctive - remains a bit of an odd proposition to achieve the requisite Everyman appeal
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4.0
66877
4.0 |
The Music
The lack of a band can certainly be heard
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4.0
66980
4.0 |
Q
An album that feels necessarily smaller than its predecessor. Print edition only
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4.0
66349
4.0 |
DIY
While not unpleasant, there’s little to warrant enduring revisits, and ‘Only Run’’s misfirings ultimately render it somewhat ineffectual
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