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8.3
84383
8.3 |
A.V. Club
If United Crushers isn’t exactly optimistic, its vitality suggests that feeling friendless (“Fish On The Griddle”), cast aside (“Lose You”), or trapped on your sucky street corner (“Melting Block”) need not ruin your weekend
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8.0
84385
8.0 |
The Guardian
Excitingly upbeat electronica
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8.0
84377
8.0 |
DIY
Sitting up and paying attention is required from the get-go
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8.0
84378
8.0 |
All Music
Their most impassioned and immediate music yet
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8.0
84305
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
‘United Crushers’ not only laments relationships gone wrong once again but also guns for social injustice, war, celebrity and what it’s like to live in trigger-happy, modern America
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8.0
84319
8.0 |
Clash
They've escaped the dirge and have now come up for air - and we're all the better for it
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8.0
84338
8.0 |
State
Unlike the two previous albums which were slightly more abrupt, United Crushers also demonstrates a great continuance between tracks, creating a progressive flow akin to a DJ mix
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7.5
84774
7.5 |
Beardfood
Still a very special band with a lot more territory to conquer
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7.0
84837
7.0 |
Under The Radar
It may not be as immediate as some of their earlier material, but it was a necessary endeavour for a band trying to make sense of the maelstrom of the modern world
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7.0
84961
7.0 |
The 405
For an album so drenched in sadness, there is a disco for the downhearted lurking beneath its surface
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7.0
84304
7.0 |
musicOMH
This is awkward, sharp elbowed music that requires time and effort to fully appreciate, yet the complex textures and image-laden, thought provoking lyrics will gradually reveal themselves to those prepared to be patient
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7.0
84320
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Despite its heavy subject matter, this record sparkles and whirrs in a way that is very easy to fall in love with
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7.0
84566
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The best songs here are the ones that focus on the plentiful turmoil raging inside of Leaneagh rather than any external concerns
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7.0
84597
7.0 |
PopMatters
The result is more empty spaces, more silences, more sentimental melodics, but still a vibrant, quintessentially Poliça effort
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6.6
84513
6.6 |
Pitchfork
United Crushers is far more successful when it continues to explore Poliça's foremost topic: human connection and the tolls it takes on a person
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6.5
84608
6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
United Crusher‘s power comes from its moments, not its unified presence
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6.0
84544
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
The only downside to United Crushers is it lacks the hooks that make the album particularly memorable afterwards
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6.0
84444
6.0 |
The Observer
Bubbling beats but little mystique
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6.0
84307
6.0 |
The Music
Maybe it's the political climate or something more personal, but Polica's third album finds the band in dismal twilight territory
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6.0
84309
6.0 |
Mojo
The overriding feeling is that you want to give them a good shake, maybe get them a bit drunk, try to liven them up. Print edition only
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4.2
84341
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
Gets too lost in personal fears to create their usual rhythm-heavy beats
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4.0
84306
4.0 |
The Skinny
This is not the Poliça album to cement their appeal at a level outside of the devoted hardcore
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