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9.0
82919
9.0 |
Exclaim
If this doesn't move you, take your heart off the organ donor list
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9.0
83071
9.0 |
The Quietus
The tensions between sincere explorations of heartbreak and ironic self-awareness, between differing registers of aesthetic restraint and release, continue to make Tindersticks's songs brim with an intellectual energy as well as a disarming intensity
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8.4
82895
8.4 |
Paste Magazine
The music is not exactly joyous but nor is it swathed in the weighty melancholy often associated with the band
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8.3
82994
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Though Tindersticks is no longer angling for the pure dramatic sweep of its ambitious ’90s records, it remains a unique band, maintaining a sense of creativity (and making beautiful music) while working within limited themes
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8.0
83018
8.0 |
musicOMH
Another immensely satisfying collection from a band always able – even after personnel upheavals – to explore multiple styles while remaining ineffably themselves
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8.0
83051
8.0 |
Pitchfork
The Waiting Room might be Tindersticks’ most subdued effort to date, but it still flashes the irreverence that enlivened efforts like The Something Rain and Falling Down a Mountain
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8.0
82955
8.0 |
The Guardian
Its centrepiece – the smoky, soulful Help Yourself – is the triumphant declaration of a band shapeshifting with sophistication
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8.0
82958
8.0 |
The Irish Times
In one respect, it’s more of the same from Tindersticks – yet it’s also one of their most tonally cohesive albums to date
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8.0
82909
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
On The Waiting Room Tindersticks still sound so out of time that ironically their music feels neither dated nor futuristic
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8.0
82862
8.0 |
The Music
The Waiting Room is easily the equal of their finest work
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8.0
82864
8.0 |
The FT
The Waiting Room arrives like an old friend, resuming the thread of a conversation dating back over 20 years
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8.0
82865
8.0 |
The 405
The Waiting Room is Tindersticks on ravishing form. For die-hards and newcomers alike, it's hard not to be drawn in by the lush facade it creates
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8.0
82869
8.0 |
Uncut
The end result is a quiet triumph. Print edition only
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8.0
82870
8.0 |
Q
You'll be shocked by just how innovative and impressive they've become. Print edition only
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8.0
82871
8.0 |
Clash
Atmospheric indie with a whole lot of soul after a period of reflection
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8.0
82887
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
The Waiting Room is a natural progression of the group’s output; it's like picking up a conversation that was started well over 20 years ago
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8.0
83604
8.0 |
PopMatters
The world's most cinematic band has invited a collection of film directors to interpret their latest record, to stunning effect
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7.0
83132
7.0 |
All Music
While The Waiting Room is a mixed bag, it's far more relaxed and sure of itself than Across Six More Leap Years was
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7.0
83417
7.0 |
Beardfood
One for a rainy Sunday afternoon in a deserted book store
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7.0
82894
7.0 |
Gig Soup
May not be the immersive, atmospheric suite that Tindersticks intended, but at its core are songs as powerful as any they’ve ever written
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7.0
82860
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
An album that turns minimalism into its own self-critical thematic context, its songs' narrators delivering cryptic warnings to each other about the dangers of unchecked apath
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6.5
82943
6.5 |
Under The Radar
It's hard to find a band more moving at exploring longing, loss, and despair than Tindersticks, and The Waiting Room is such a vehicle
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6.0
82961
6.0 |
DIY
Staples’ strongest set of songs for a good long while
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6.0
82861
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Despite the unified mood, it feels like a series of disconnected vignettes
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6.0
82863
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
Both good and bad
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6.0
83121
6.0 |
The List
Very settled, spacious and enveloping set of songs
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