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10.0
95220
10.0 |
The Guardian
The prevailing style is melodic 70s soft rock, with 10cc, the Electric Light Orchestra and Crosby, Stills & Nash among the reference points
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8.0
95221
8.0 |
Clash
It’s utterly gorgeous and the best bits of Midlake still shine through
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8.0
95224
8.0 |
Q
A happy meld of snug-fitting millennial Traveling Wilburys and Gorillaz pop nous, a giant avert for the powerful attraction of opposites. Print edition only
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8.0
95225
8.0 |
Mojo
Sounds like a Midlake-as-such album: a more direct follow-up to 2013's Antiphon. Print edition only
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8.0
95226
8.0 |
Uncut
Sumptuous, immensely pleasurable throwback album. Print edition only
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8.0
95227
8.0 |
The Independent
Despite their diversity, a mood is sustained through Midlake’s arrangements, which draw on fond ‘70s influences
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8.0
95229
8.0 |
The FT
The main engine is Pulido’s band Midlake, Texan updaters of 1970s folk and classic rock, who lay down a warmly textured soundtrack of guitars, drums, horns and strings for Volume 1’s roster of vocalists
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8.0
95385
8.0 |
All Music
Credit Pulido for making this group truly super and the album one of the best "super" group efforts imaginable
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8.0
95622
8.0 |
Gig Soup
You can make a case that this is a good album because its sounds of the seventies and orchestral overtures link it to the contemporary acclaim of Father John Misty. But while he makes social statements, this album is a celebration of music and musicianship
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7.0
95223
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Despite the dreadful name (BNQT, for ‘Banquet’, really? These guys are in early middle age at least now right? Surely they can handle vowels?) the result is actually pretty good
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7.0
95352
7.0 |
The Music
Volume 1 lacks a certain in-the-room warmth... but it's a fun diversion
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6.8
95389
6.8 |
Paste Magazine
Given the variety of approaches employed within, just about everyone scrolling through these 11 tracks should find an addled anthem easy to love…even as the album itself remains frustratingly difficult to like
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6.0
96353
6.0 |
PopMatters
Volume 1 is a pleasant love letter to '70s rock, but rarely does it transcend its constituent members and feel like a true "super group" album
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6.0
95338
6.0 |
DIY
Very much an album in Eric Pulido’s image
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6.0
95348
6.0 |
Under The Radar
BNQT have infused their radio rock with styles and sounds that at times resembles those of The Beatles, Dire Straits, The Doors, Pink Floyd, and even '70s pop band America
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5.8
95510
5.8 |
Pitchfork
Not a push outside the comfort zone for those involved, but further indication of restlessness from a collection of indie rock lifers, each of whose primary acts made their dent in the blog-rock boom and find their relevance dimming
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5.5
95744
5.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Earnestly reminiscent of rock’s venerated past
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4.0
95222
4.0 |
The Skinny
For the most part, though this is tuneful, if lamentably generic stuff
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