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8.5
85214
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Its hybrid of analogue and digital techniques have allowed Yeasayer to create their most enthralling and satisfying record to date
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8.3
85325
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Florid, psychedelic, poppy, complicated, aggressive, touching, and gorgeous in various measures
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8.0
85332
8.0 |
The Guardian
Moments of brilliant weirdness
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8.0
85242
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
‘Amen & Goodbye’ is a heavyweight album. For those who mourn the scarcity of ‘credible’ pop, give thanks for Yeasayer
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8.0
85256
8.0 |
DIY
A brilliant, breathless, great big bundle of weird
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8.0
85215
8.0 |
The Music
Throughout all songs there runs more regular structures which give the album some breathing space to take it all in
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8.0
85212
8.0 |
All Music
This combining of the human-organic and the quirky-mechanical not only rewards repeat listens, but ultimately fascinates with warm alienation
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8.0
85365
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
A fascinating and unpredictable record that demands repeated listens
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8.0
85497
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
First time through it’s pretty weird. Fifth time too
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8.0
85513
8.0 |
Beardfood
This is no spectacle; it’s a quietly fascinating record
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8.0
85716
8.0 |
State
One thing you can never accuse these boys of is being boring
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8.0
86112
8.0 |
PopMatters
Yeasayer throw everything into the mix, resulting in a beautiful, trippy, mind-blowing album with smart, catchy songwriting
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8.0
86135
8.0 |
Gig Soup
It is so full of rich, sing-along hooks across its thirteen tracks in fact, that they all jostle to position themselves in your head
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7.5
85474
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Most of all, remain weirdly divisive
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7.5
85433
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
These songs are busy spectacles
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7.3
85363
7.3 |
Earbuddy
Yeasayer may say Amen & Goodbye, but we say 'hello' to a band that's been missing for four years
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7.0
85499
7.0 |
musicOMH
The band are far from fans of modern pop and their twisted take on the genre continues to beguile and enchant in equal measure, but the ideas never overwhelm their fourth album
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7.0
85217
7.0 |
Clash
Undoubtedly a strong return but also one that’s just a couple of tracks short of something genuinely great
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7.0
85360
7.0 |
Crack
Feels like a return to form from a band clearly still in flux; they’re heading back towards an upswing, so here’s hoping the title won’t prove prophetic
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6.0
85213
6.0 |
The 405
It's hard to decide if what Yeasayer have created with Amen & Goodbye is a case of pop genius, of if the result is a load of over the top, art-rock pretensions
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6.0
85583
6.0 |
Q
An all-on-black attempt to rediscover their mojo. Print edition only
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5.8
85303
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Art pop outfit aim to fuse their futurist tendencies and medieval throwbacks
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5.4
85464
5.4 |
Pitchfork
With songs that play like a grab-bag of genres and lyrics that have little of the humor or self-awareness the band displayed in the past, it's hard to muster the patience to uncover anything deeper
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5.0
85352
5.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Would Amen & Goodbye have been more successful as a five- or six-track EP? I don’t know. But probably
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4.0
85216
4.0 |
The Skinny
That strange combination of quirky yet over-polished – pristine pop with all of the interesting spikiness filed down
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4.0
85576
4.0 |
Mojo
Lose their way in an overblown production. Print edition only
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