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8.0
90964
8.0 |
All Music
A nice balance between the garage band passion of their early work, and the large scale bombast that made them stars
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8.0
90967
8.0 |
NME
They sound more focused and alive than they have for a while
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6.7
91713
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
It's not a game-changer for the Followills, but they do sound comfortable
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6.1
91409
6.1 |
Gig Soup
A good, solid album which will most likely sound even better live
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6.0
91570
6.0 |
Clash
One for the day-one Kings Of Leon fan and the fresh-faced new-to-indie one alike
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6.0
90992
6.0 |
The FT
The identity crisis persists but at least this time it has resulted in better songs
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6.0
91024
6.0 |
The Observer
It’s as though Kings of Leon’s sound has been put through an unexpected series of aural Instagram filters
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6.0
90965
6.0 |
The Guardian
The southern states boys’ seventh album finds them successfully relocating their old vim and enthusiasm
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6.0
91037
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Radio-buff rock & roll that could spoon between One Republic's genre-splicing power moves and the Head and the Heart's folk-pop uplift
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6.0
91064
6.0 |
musicOMH
It’s not perfect, but it does point towards promising a future
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6.0
91103
6.0 |
Q
They've become as warm, robust and satisfying as a cuddle in front of the TV. Print edition only
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6.0
91271
6.0 |
Mojo
Cements their reputation, just about. Print edition only
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5.0
91039
5.0 |
Beardfood
Some small surprises (‘Muchacho’) keep this from failing all too hard, but there’s no vintage KoL rawness or even arena rock ballads to be found
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5.0
91047
5.0 |
Exclaim
The band don't sound youthful and cocky anymore, they do sound more polished and confident
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5.0
91036
5.0 |
FasterLouder
Time has passed, the Kings have aged, and what once was a wildfire has by now burned down to a few softly smouldering embers
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4.5
90962
4.5 |
Under The Radar
The Tennessee boys that used to hang on your back, shouting in your ear with whiskey on their breath have grown up, and now preach wound-down wisdom with an arm around your shoulder
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4.5
91113
4.5 |
Pitchfork
Mostly finds Kings of Leon back in that mode of offering up fast-food “whoa-oh” singalongs and guitars that chime as distinctly as wallpaper
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4.2
91306
4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Nobody’s asking Kings of Leon to reinvent the wheel here, but they could at least make their hubcaps a bit flashier
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4.0
91061
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Kings of Leon are what they are, their walls stand tall enough despite glaring structural defects and the fans will likely indeed be 'happy'. For now
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4.0
90963
4.0 |
DIY
It lacks the immediate bombast of either that last LP or 2010’s ‘Come Around Sundown’, but neither is it straight-up boring
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4.0
90966
4.0 |
The Independent
Sometimes, less is more
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4.0
90990
4.0 |
Evening Standard
You can just about hear the spiky band Kings of Leon used to be on their rusty seventh album
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3.0
90961
3.0 |
Slant Magazine
Kings of Leon's transformation from the Southern Strokes to the Southern Maroon 5 is all but complete
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