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Brill Bruisers

The New Pornographers

Brill Bruisers

Sixth studio album from Canadian indie rock mainstays

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7.6

Label
Matador
UK Release date
25/08/2014
US Release date
26/08/2014
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  1. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    After you shake off the initial conceptual strangeness, Brill Bruisers builds up to a breathtaking whole
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  2. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s the arrangements that are fascinating, the studio tricks and ensemble mindset the band utilized to once more capture lightning in a bottle
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  3. 8.2 |   Paste Magazine

    I’ve had Brill Bruisers for a few weeks now and have only listened to it all the way through about a half-dozen times, whereas I’ve returned to a handful of songs at least three times that amount
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    Tinged with Grandaddy and full of hooks that twinkle like the diodes on a robot from 1984, this is an obscenely enjoyable return
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  5. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    On Brill Bruisers, the band's glory days have returned
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The music is unapologetically optimistic in its architectural intricacy. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    The band still sounds like a gang of old friends getting together out of a mutual love of megawatt, ultra-saturated pop
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  8. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Like the band's best work, Brill Bruisers keeps you on your toes with its unrelenting minutiae
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    A chance for A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar, Neko Case and company to put aside creatively taxing solo ventures and kick loose with something sweet and simple
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  10. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Some people still think that indie rock is always navel gazing misery. If someone repeats that falsehood in your presence, hand them a copy of this: an effervescent joy from start to finish
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  11. 8.0 |   Spin

    These history-conscious vets aim to compete for clicks with today's too-desperate upstarts, but they do so with more than simple ADD-busting earworms. Time and time again, they affirm their faith
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  12. 7.8 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Brill Bruisers is spread everywhere at once, loud and crass and saturated with color and nearly fit to burst. It won’t make very many memories, but it will create a hell of a lot of good times
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  13. 7.8 |   Earbuddy

    It may not be their best record but it’ll certainly put a smile on your face, and thus rightfully earning the band’s power-pop tag
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  14. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    The whole band embraces a more electric version of itself—bulked-up in chrome-plated armor, firing on all cylinders, and ready to steamroll anything in its path
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  15. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Calling their album Brill Bruisers makes for a sassy call to arms, and even if there's nothing here that Goffin and King might have concocted in that hallowed pop factory, one can imagine them nodding approvingly while listening from their piano bench
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  16. 7.5 |   The 405

    Even if they might not be able to quite recreate the same magic that they did on their early albums, The New Pornographers still behold a wealth of talent
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  17. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    It’s no longer enough for a New Pornographers composition to be merely catchy, even if most of Brill Bruisers’ tracks are sneakily so
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  18. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    The songwriting is deeper, riskier and more engaged
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  19. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    The New Pornographers are still the definition of power pop
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  20. 7.0 |   Clash

    An almost perfect soundtrack to what’s left of the summer
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  21. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Another all-star indie-rock Pornos cage match, with Neko Case, per usual, nearly stealing the show
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  22. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A brilliantly boisterous LP
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  23. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Although unlikely to have any individual impact on CBC’s all-time song chart, it’s yet another consistently good all-round album out of Canada
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  24. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It is a delight to note that after some 15 years together, the New Pornographers seems to have stopped being a supergroup and turned into a band
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  25. 6.0 |   Q

    The themes and execution are unashamedly grown-up throughout. Print edition only

  26. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    A solid, satisfying record, one that found a fresh approach and created some more ultra-catchy pop tunes
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