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10.0
69044
10.0 |
The Skinny
DFA can effortlessly take their rudimentary ingredients and cook up a storm
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9.0
69045
9.0 |
The Music
DFA1979 are older, smarter, more accomplished, yet they still manage to hold onto that youthful rebellion that rocketed them into our psyche in the first place
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9.0
69040
9.0 |
musicOMH
A tremendous, rollicking, riotous blast of an album
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9.0
69114
9.0 |
NME
After a decade away, the noisy Toronto duo are back to give modern technology a glorious kicking
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8.5
69097
8.5 |
The 405
DFA still know how to produce unstoppable energy, they still know how to push a bass guitar to its full capacity and they still know how to inject tonnes of fun into not just their product, but the wider spectrum of music itself
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8.0
69030
8.0 |
DIY
Two for two, flawless victory - this is still the perfect band
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8.0
69046
8.0 |
Exclaim
There's a stronger sense of melody in Grainger's vocals, and the group aren't afraid to make some stylistic diversions
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8.0
69047
8.0 |
The Guardian
Exhausting, but great fun
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8.0
69251
8.0 |
No Ripcord
A lot has happened in 10 years, but DFA’s approach to making ferocious music certainly hasn’t
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8.0
69339
8.0 |
All Music
Don't call it a comeback, call it a triumphant return of the conquering heroes, and next time you want to rock unapologetically, this album ought to be among the first options
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8.0
69371
8.0 |
PopMatters
Let us pray to the music gods that it’s not another decade before their next one; rock needs more adrenaline shots like this
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7.5
69201
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
This album succeeds in ways You’re A Woman never could have, and for that, it requires commendation
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7.5
69145
7.5 |
A.V. Club
With The Physical World, Death From Above 1979 both embraces its dance-punk roots and transcends them
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7.0
69190
7.0 |
Under The Radar
They're still delivering that winning blend of dance-punk energy with classic-rock aplomb, and it still feels plenty fresh
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7.0
69131
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Rarely lets up or diversifies enough to give the sense of a fully-formed songwriting story – indeed, the final four tracks spill over so much that they could easily be mistaken to be one long track
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7.0
69041
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A wonderfully assured comeback record, but it’s also precisely more of the same
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7.0
69042
7.0 |
FasterLouder
A cleaner but far less adventurous album – easy to listen to but lacking in the intangible spirit that characterised their early days
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7.0
69224
7.0 |
Pitchfork
With The Physical World, Grainger and Keeler haven’t entirely scratched the itch they instigated a decade ago. But they’ve learned to live with the burn, and that’s the next best thing
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7.0
69568
7.0 |
Uncut
They've not mellowed in the interim decade. Print edition only
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6.0
69923
6.0 |
The Quietus
Seem happy to hammer home the same signature songwriting themes time and time again but with half the power of their debut, so the results are average at best rather than feverishly exciting
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6.0
69400
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
At times The Physical World feels like the real deal, at others a pale imitation of a too-distinct aesthetic
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6.0
69466
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
If Keeler and Grainger continue to produce work like this every ten years, time-warped with a need to boogie they will see their fans
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6.0
69043
6.0 |
The List
These are still punchy, hook-driven rock songs, however, and satisfying enough
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6.0
69062
6.0 |
The Observer
While by no means a bad album, this fails to stand out in the way its predecessor did
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6.0
69039
6.0 |
Clash
It’s definitely a disappointment to not hear the band even hinting at an expansion of their stripped-raw sound
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6.0
69182
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
They're still crushing violent, angular riffs, but they're also writing catchier songs that bring out conventional rock influences
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5.8
69075
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
The Physical World plays like DFA1979 fell out of a cryogenics tube a couple years ago, blissfully ignorant that anything like Wolfmother had ever happened
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