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9.0
73506
9.0 |
Paste Magazine
The angular guitar attack and the relentless pounding of the drums is a clear indication that the fire still burns within
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8.0
73468
8.0 |
Uncut
A lucid and accomplished departure. Print edition only
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8.0
73470
8.0 |
Q
Spectacularly rebooting '79's tough, terse tunescape for the 4G ear. Print edition only
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7.0
73464
7.0 |
PopMatters
It’s an even, solid album but there are few standout tracks, no moment where listening becomes compulsive
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6.0
73466
6.0 |
NOW
Right from the rip-it-up-and-start-again intro, the band's ninth full-length fixes its conceptual gaze resolutely on the thudding, burbling present
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6.0
73469
6.0 |
Mojo
The current group are concentrated, powerful, more subtle than in recent times. Print edition only
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6.0
73595
6.0 |
Evening Standard
If the record lacks the anger of former singer and co-lyricist Jon King, it’s a densely layered, jagged affair that simmers rather than shouts
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6.0
73769
6.0 |
The Music
Longtime enthusiasts will know it’s now really a Gang Of One, with the serrated guitar of Andy Gill the only original element left
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6.0
73547
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Where Content updated the band's post-punk sound for a modern palate, What Happens Next nearly abandons all resemblance of their history and finds itself firmly planted in effects-heavy alt-rock
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6.0
73548
6.0 |
The Skinny
A well-produced collection of modern guitar music, which deserves to rise above the cynicism
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6.0
73554
6.0 |
NME
‘What Happens Next’ is a distracted listen – an experimental Gill production that should be out under his name only
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6.0
73463
6.0 |
DIY
A collage of nails-down-a-chalkboard slogans and textures that has arrived at a watershed moment for the politically-disenfranchised and socially-isolated
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5.8
73467
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Gang of Four have always been emotional in their own way, but when the emotions are broadcast so loudly, they drown out the anxiety. They drown out the energy
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5.3
73521
5.3 |
Pitchfork
While the guitarist’s signature scabrous funk lashes and ear-piercing feedback frequencies remain ever-present, here they’re in service to a boilerplate post-industrial aesthetic
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5.0
73569
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There’s a good amount of stuff to enjoy, especially in the instrumentation, but if it was by any other band I wouldn’t give it a second chance, and I think that says it al
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5.0
73465
5.0 |
A.V. Club
This record foments no curiosity, just indifference—and for a band built on commanding attention for its politicized music, it’s a bitter pill to swallow
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2.0
73491
2.0 |
Rolling Stone
Sadly, the qualities that once made the English act so influential are gone
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