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10.0
79135
10.0 |
The Skinny
Poison Season’s true nature is more nuanced and idiosyncratic, taking cues from a spectrum of influences from chamber pop to nocturnal jazz
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10.0
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10.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Resembles nothing else on the musical landscape today. But deep influences and orthogonal comparisons do flash into mind during its 53-minute runtime
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10.0
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NOW
A droll, wondrous travelogue of storied metropolitan meccas
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9.1
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9.1 |
A.V. Club
Poison Season is the sound of an artist in complete control of the strange chaos around him
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9.0
79312
9.0 |
All Music
Nearly 20 years on, Destroyer is still as surprising and inspired as ever
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9.0
79257
9.0 |
Exclaim
The band still sound as vital and inventive as ever, and they're operating at the top of their game on Poison Season
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9.0
79278
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Wilfully unwilling to cut corners towards accessibility
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9.0
79286
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A piece of art
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8.0
79295
8.0 |
DIY
It’s novelistic. It’s smart. Of course it is, it’s a Destroyer album
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8.0
79155
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Dan Bejar has an ear for melancholy, and every record he’s ever made as Destroyer refracts sadness in new shades
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8.0
79198
8.0 |
musicOMH
Poison Season is another excellent Destroyer album, packed with songs that are graceful, beautiful and, yes, hummable
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8.0
79137
8.0 |
NME
Bejar’s dismantled the old Destroyer sound, but he’s built something wonderfully disorientating in its stead
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8.0
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8.0 |
No Ripcord
Most of Poison Season remains vague, open to wild interpretation, and yet there’s a connective thread in how it incorporates the concept of ambivalence in a cutthroat environment
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
It's starkly divergent in some of its pre-pop balladic tendencies while also remaining atmospherically redolent of its predecessor, as in its liberal use of alto sax and flute
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8.0
79140
8.0 |
Spin
On Poison Season, Bejar’s new trappings may suggest self-sabotage, but the tremendously assured songcraft says otherwise
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8.0
79142
8.0 |
Uncut
This Zen archer lets fly with his second straight bullseye
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8.0
79143
8.0 |
Mojo
It's full of wistful and lovely music. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Bejar’s gifts are abundant, but they work best when not at blinding full-beam. Print edition only
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8.0
79575
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The Observer
A luxurious creation, dappled in sunlight, and summoning all the redemptive power of pop
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8.0
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8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Spend enough time in Destroyer’s world, and you’re bound to come away with at least one line that lingers long after it passes
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
Demands an old-fashioned listening response, to sit with the record sleeve tracing Dan Bejar’s opaque poeticisms
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7.6
79424
7.6 |
Pitchfork
On Poison Season, you can occasionally detect the dismaying sound of indie rock's greatest intellect second-guessing itself
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7.5
79146
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Poison Season is beautiful, haunting, thrilling, but inherently challenging, as Bejar challenges himself and his listeners equally
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Music
Genius? Goat? Our money's on a bit of both
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7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Dan Bejar remains indie rock’s last great shapeshifter, and it’s hard not to hear this as a stepping stone to another masterpiece
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Songs that are as wryly hilarious as they are weirdly affecting
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
A set of beautifully realised songs
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6.5
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6.5 |
Beardfood
For once, the tunes don't match. They're devoid of that typical Bejar magic
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6.5
79208
6.5 |
Under The Radar
It's not bad, and it certainly has its moments. But on the heels of Kaputt, it can be a frustrating, uneven listen
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
Broken into manageable sections it’s an often a joyous listen
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5.5
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5.5 |
Crack
At times you could be forgiven for thinking you’re listening to a Disney soundtrack or the cast recording of a Broadway show
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5.0
79544
5.0 |
Gig Soup
An uneven album of equal highs and lows
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3.8
79307
3.8 |
Earbuddy
In a year packed to burst with fantastic albums from singer-songwriters, this is a massive disappointment
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