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9.0
75495
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
One of the finest records of the year so far
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8.7
75569
8.7 |
Paste Magazine
This is the album that finally cements Braids’ role within Montreal’s accomplished indie artists and Raphaelle Standell-Preston as one of the most uniquely artistic forces in music today
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8.5
75894
8.5 |
Spectrum Culture
An exercise in Standell-Preston determining her self-worth, both internally and in the eyes of the world at-large
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8.3
75828
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
More concentrated than anything Braids have released to date. If its runtime is more approachable, the songs themselves are also more intense
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8.3
75494
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Deep in the Iris feels like Braids’ turn toward the accessible, but it doesn’t jettison the genre tricks they used to indulge
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8.0
75493
8.0 |
Exclaim
A musical mash-up of acoustic and electronic influences that's both achingly vulnerable and tentatively joyful
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8.0
75547
8.0 |
All Music
Some of the band's most empathetic music
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8.0
75615
8.0 |
PopMatters
Doesn’t completely dissolve Braids’ diverging impulses into one another, but it knows when to nurture one and temper the other, embracing fair compromise without unfair sacrifice
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7.6
75608
7.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Their best and most immersive release yet
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7.4
75599
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Deep in the Iris never lets you get quite too familiar, or comfortable
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7.2
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7.2 |
Earbuddy
BRAIDS has all the tools to make a beautiful record, it’s only a question of how many albums they will put out before they learn how to use everything in perfect harmony
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7.0
75555
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The music is sensual and surprising, with echoes of Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins
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7.0
75487
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
While their new radio-friendly incarnation can boast a more universal appeal, it seems unlikely that this will be their finest (or final) form
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7.0
75491
7.0 |
The 405
They have tightened their sound, which heralds a sense of mastery of what Braids can achieve as a collective
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6.0
75492
6.0 |
NOW
The warm sonics are a nice departure from the chilliness of 2013's Flourish//Perish
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6.0
75488
6.0 |
Under The Radar
By trying to be the band everyone wants them to be, BRAIDS have sacrificed the qualities that made them so captivating. And that is one hell of a shame
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6.0
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6.0 |
DIY
A thoroughly satisfying listen that features some of the best material Braids have put to record so far
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6.0
75624
6.0 |
The Irish Times
They have honed their skills over the three albums to the point where their art-rock now swings with both brawn and brains
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6.0
75835
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Although the music doesn’t always conjure it, there’s power in the album’s consciousness
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