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Heirs

And So I Watch You From Afar

Heirs

Fourth LP from the Belfast post-rock quartet

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6.5

Label
Sargent House
UK Release date
04/05/2015
US Release date
04/05/2015
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  1. 10.0 |   State

    Heirs is, in a word, huge. Everything about it is huge
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Neatly summarises everything And So I Watch You From Afar have created so far – moody and glowering but with an increasingly sunny outlook. A compelling experience from top to bottom
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  3. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A track titled “Redesigned A Million Times Before” thankfully acts as a tipping point and it is from hereafter where ASIWYFA prove why they remain champions of their genre
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  4. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Heirs is another gleeful escapade, a welcome remedy for dourness in any form
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  5. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Rendered bafflingly unmemorable by its repeated use of similar musical elements that, whilst often estimable, eventually begin to feel somewhat shorn of their individual musical character
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  6. 6.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    There are more than a few signs that the band will find the middle ground between the music that prospers live and the music that shines on record; Heirs is a frustrating reminder that they’re not there yet
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  7. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Heirs is a solidly fun and frantic album, a rarity for the stuffy, overserious post-rock genre
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  8. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    This is dynamic music whatever way it’s sliced
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  9. 4.0 |   DIY

    ‘Heirs’ continues to leave ASIWYFA stuck between a rock solid live show and a hard-to-place recorded direction
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