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9.0
67580
9.0 |
musicOMH
A tarnished titan of folk-rock proportions, drenched in heart, passion, ambiguity, complex emotion, time, space, and culture. Deceptively expansive, Fink’s tricksy Hard Believer is essential listening
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7.0
67650
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
Though unwieldy in places - and a little precious - Hard Believer remains an arresting, emotional listen that is no doubt the sound of an act comfortable with the world their music resides
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7.0
67577
7.0 |
PopMatters
Getting lost in the measured melancholy of Hard Believer doesn’t take much effort at all. And that’s the point
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7.0
67578
7.0 |
Exclaim
Hard Believer has a simmering urgency, but though the album seems like it's always building to something, when it ends, you can feel how far it has come
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6.0
67579
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Preserves a pensiveness that keeps its sound from receding completely into the background
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6.0
67575
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Generally avoids Fink’s signature adroit beat/electro rhythms, and opts instead for a snagging blues-guided journey through melancholic and reflective territory
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6.0
67721
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Songs of menacing Americana sit somewhat uneasily alongside pieces of lugubrious personal reflection
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6.0
68020
6.0 |
Clash
While at times lacking in lyrical insight, Fink’s ability to maintain an atmosphere, to build up gentle, soothing bubbles of sound, is largely unmatched
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5.0
67818
5.0 |
The 405
Fink's previous work shows just how breathtaking Greenall's music can be; Hard Believer has traces of that, but ultimately it is best left preaching to the converted
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5.0
67680
5.0 |
NME
It’s respectable enough but a stronger dose of Fink’s maverick tendencies would be welcome
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4.0
67576
4.0 |
The Skinny
A melancholic tendency in the lyrics, which lack the wit and sophisticated imagery of previous album highlights like Blueberry Pancakes, drags the album down in places
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