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8.0
88176
8.0 |
Mojo
By coming of age they come up smelling roses. Print edition only
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8.0
88639
8.0 |
PopMatters
They are still finding ways to reinvent themselves while remaining true to the values that have made their music theirs since 2002’s Country Was
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7.5
88561
7.5 |
Under The Radar
As a whole, the album envelops the listener, like the embrace of a comfortable blanket
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7.5
88077
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The Avett Brothers open up to their audience, sharing their dark depths with tenacity and bravado, all while inspiring to see struggles as strength
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7.0
88125
7.0 |
Uncut
They drive their country/bluegrass roots out into brave new directions. Print edition only
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7.0
88126
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Mixes old-timey beauty and modern beats on a deeply personal LP
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7.0
88127
7.0 |
All Music
Far from being an album for wallowing in the depths of grief, True Sadness is a record about the emergence of hope
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6.5
88281
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The record doesn’t fully commit to a new direction, so its primary audience will still be Avett diehards
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6.0
88267
6.0 |
Paste Magazine
Alongside its distracting flaws, True Sadness contains some truly beautiful music—and a good measure of the joyous energy that The Avett Brothers employ to transcendent effect live
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6.0
88076
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
The new ground broken here is of dubious distinction
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6.0
88078
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
As hit and miss as the out-of-character experiments on True Sadness can be, they still serve to highlight how drab and formulaic most of the album's contrapuntal Americana material is
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6.0
88111
6.0 |
Evening Standard
They’re more grating when they try to rock out, while acoustic ballads such as No Hard Feelings and I Wish I Was have a beauty and sensitivity that is far more likely to encourage repeat plays
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5.0
88391
5.0 |
Earbuddy
My biggest complaint about the album is that its songs are just thematically dull
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5.0
88494
5.0 |
Gig Soup
Their ninth album ‘True Sadness’ sees The Avett Brothers branching out into newer sonic territory on their most eclectic set to date
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4.0
88163
4.0 |
Q
Too committed to making everything wholesomely grown-up to upset any pesticide-free apple carts. Print edition only
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4.0
88114
4.0 |
The Guardian
For all the talk of creative epiphany, their music remains the country-tinged comfort blanket it always was
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3.8
88153
3.8 |
Pitchfork
It’s fitting that the Avett Brothers’ most disappointing record yet bears the title of True Sadness. Is this some kind of play for the Top 40, or just instrumental bloat and trite sentiment?
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