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9.0
80584
9.0 |
Exclaim
The most intriguing thing about this record is the juxtaposition: nearly every song is lyrically quite dark, but the melodies are fetching, addictive and bright — cheerful, even
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8.0
80583
8.0 |
NOW
With gritty atmospherics that closely resemble their magnetic live show, the album is less polished and slick than 2013’s Birthmarks
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7.0
80581
7.0 |
PopMatters
They’ve landed on a fertile middle ground between their spark-and-buzz beginnings and those first wearier-but-wiser bends in life’s learning curve
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7.0
80613
7.0 |
Clash
The most curious thing about 'RUFF' is how its narrative seems to hint at a band running out of energy and inspiration, and yet the music itself would say otherwise
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6.0
80692
6.0 |
musicOMH
An album that’s chock full of musical ideas. RUFF will win no prizes for compositional elegance, but it’s never boring
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6.0
80586
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
On the whole there is much less to pull listeners in and keep them in the room - the scant hooks, ordinary composition and throw-away expressions leave the record, for the most part, deflated
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6.0
80587
6.0 |
All Music
If it's not the group's finest work, it has a genuine emotional purity and reaffirms Born Ruffians' place on the Canadian indie rock scene
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5.0
80927
5.0 |
Spectrum Culture
RUFF doesn’t muster anything more than rote pop-punk
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5.0
80582
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
What much of RUFF fails to do is differentiate itself. Born Ruffians cling onto their youth like pros, but they fail to update their direction as they age
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4.0
80585
4.0 |
The Skinny
It’s not that these songs lack lustre; more that they’ve all been heard before
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