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9.0
71116
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A shattering, all-encompassing experience; there's climactic rage, broken organs and blank-eyed trance outs
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9.0
71117
9.0 |
NME
All feel, no bullshit, and it truly gets under your skin
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9.0
71121
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
They have managed to follow a logical musical progression which will undoubtedly blow many minds
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9.0
71176
9.0 |
musicOMH
A superb collection of tracks that points to a band that knows where it’s going
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9.0
71212
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Makes for phenomenally exciting, white-hot music, a multi-sensory trip directly engineered to leave you physically exhausted, wide-eyed and panting
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9.0
71408
9.0 |
Art Rocker
A remarkable album, reminiscent of so much and yet so totally its own
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8.5
71194
8.5 |
Under The Radar
The intensity, so brooding on their first album, is here channelled into a more euphoric, energetic sound
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8.3
71698
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Perhaps the most noticeable feature of The Hum is how complete it feels once it’s over. There are no wasted notes, no wasted time, and nothing but the impulse to listen again
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8.0
71307
8.0 |
The Irish Times
As concise and circular a sonic statement as you can get these days
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8.0
71218
8.0 |
All Music
The entire record is a small step forward from the sometimes unfocused sound of that first album, and really crystallizes the group's strong points in a way that's almost fun to listen to
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8.0
71195
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
If you want a raw rock record to get your blood racing - but with genuine substance behind it - then look no further
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8.0
71120
8.0 |
The Guardian
Christmas has come early for psyche, freakbeat and space-rock aficionados
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
An uncompromising experimental act with festival-sized ambitions, capable of synthesizing disparate and often contradictory sounds into a cohesive and compelling whole
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8.0
71109
8.0 |
DIY
Progressing onwards from the murk of their debut into a cleaner, snappier territory
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8.0
71134
8.0 |
Q
They’ve divorced themselves from mainstream trends and in the process created their own strange and intoxicating universe. Print edition only
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8.0
71135
8.0 |
Mojo
Hookworms have cut one of the best rock’n’roll albums of 2014
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8.0
71136
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Uncut
They continue to leave such splendidly exciting albums in their wake. Print edition only
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8.0
71118
8.0 |
The Skinny
One of the UK’s best bands just got better
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7.8
71272
7.8 |
Pitchfork
The beauty of The Hum, is how effortlessly they make the blitzkrieg and the bliss seem like complementary rather than conflicting ideals
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7.5
71207
7.5 |
Beardfood
Although stale after a full listen, Hookworms spin their gargantuan slab of psych rock sideways into a groovy, powerful odyssey, filled with screaming and explosive transitions
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7.0
71115
7.0 |
Clash
Hookworms have a huge, infectious energy
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7.0
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7.0 |
No Ripcord
A sonic feast for the ears that knows how to capture an all-encompassing whole rather than a moment in time
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7.0
71119
7.0 |
The Music
A dense tumultuous noise that mixes garage, punk and hardcore into a psych context
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7.0
71473
7.0 |
PopMatters
Though the individual tracks stand strong, The Hum's corner-cutting arrangement obscures and frustrates its most important asset: momentum
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6.0
71917
6.0 |
The Observer
Tracing Hookworms’ reference points isn’t difficult – think the Modern Lovers remixed by Spacemen 3 – but they possess a quirkiness that is theirs alone
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