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9.1
77822
9.1 |
Paste Magazine
Crashing beats, raw electric guitars, thick harmonies and great hooks pull punk’s pop innocence over the hot coals of rock ‘n’ roll
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8.3
77843
8.3 |
A.V. Club
While mid-tempo pogo-inducing stompers are the band’s stock in trade, it’s no surprise that the album’s sole barn-burner, “Laughing In The Sugar Bowl,” is also one of its best
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8.0
77826
8.0 |
The Music
Proving age and time don’t have to slow a band down, or soften the edges that made them standout
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8.0
77823
8.0 |
NOW
Deliriously catchy sugar hooks
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8.0
77919
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Where Veruca Salt always excelled was in the juxtaposition between the sweet and the sour
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8.0
77927
8.0 |
Gig Soup
Some don’t manage to create a successful comeback album, but Veruca Salt definitely have. The four have managed to mature their sound, without drifting too far from the original band we know and love
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7.5
77824
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Veruca Salt are still writing catchy, raging songs, but the naivety of their intent and its two-decade-old edits are miles away here
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7.0
77836
7.0 |
Spin
Ghost Notes seethes with the dust-storm grit of their early-’90s material
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7.0
77904
7.0 |
Pitchfork
It’s clear that Post and Gordon are exhilarated about reuniting, and that joy is Ghost Notes’ main theme
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7.0
77912
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Backed by crashing college-rock instrumentation, Post and Gordon's melodies come straight out of the Lennon/McCartney school of beautiful ditty-writing; a winning combination
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7.0
78452
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The Chicago band's albums were smarter than they got credit for back then, and this one, the group's first with its original lineup since 1997, is great by any standard
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6.5
79300
6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
They’re doing what they do best, and even after a 15-year hiatus, they sound great doing it. Veruca Salt really is back
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4.0
77825
4.0 |
The Observer
Even the infamous tensions between Post and Gordon – which might at least have provided some colour - are barely in evidence as song after song chugs inoffensively past. Dreary
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