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9.0
96737
9.0 |
The 405
Truths are both whispered and screamed here, and the band's inward wonder of translation and craft in sharing this with us makes the record illuminatingly beautiful
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8.0
96748
8.0 |
Clash
A beautiful album that’s as absorbing as it is emotionally affecting
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8.0
96595
8.0 |
The Music
The arrangements throughout are minimalist and atmospheric, employing strings, keys and highly disciplined dynamics
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8.0
96693
8.0 |
DIY
Hauntingly stark, yet staggeringly beautiful
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8.0
96590
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
London Grammar have created a world that knows when to be expansive and when to be introspective, building on their DNA and adding more dextrous, yet suitably restrained arrangements
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8.0
96609
8.0 |
NME
An undisputed raising of the game
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8.0
97172
8.0 |
AU Review
As with London Grammar’s first record, it is an album for the romantics, or anyone looking for lyrical clarity in amongst a time of personal turmoil
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8.0
98248
8.0 |
Mixmag
In ‘Non Believer’, they may well have written their finest song yet
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7.5
96728
7.5 |
Under The Radar
This is a daunting collection of dream-pop balladry, but it is top-notch
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7.5
97094
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
London Grammar has created a seemingly timeless and atmospheric record
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7.0
96593
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
On the whole, London Grammar have matured to give an album of creative and intelligent composition, with swelling melodies and vocals that give a genuine emotional payoff
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7.0
96793
7.0 |
musicOMH
The music of London Grammar continues to bewitch, soothe and inspire in equal measure, and when Truth Is A Beautiful Thing is at its best, it fully lives up to the title
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6.0
96710
6.0 |
The FT
Hannah Reid is a powerful presence, singing in an emotive but self-possessed lower register
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6.0
96622
6.0 |
Q
A combination of gentle piano and tremulous, echoing synth, is mesmerisingly samey, like scenery rushing past your car window on a long road trip. Print edition only
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6.0
96627
6.0 |
The Independent
It’s pleasant enough, though listeners may experience a twinge or two of deja vu
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6.0
96637
6.0 |
The Irish Times
An eloquent album, but one that’s a little too measured to be emotionally effective
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4.8
96603
4.8 |
Earbuddy
An album format only hurts London Grammar because it makes it abundantly clear how all of their songs sound alike
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4.0
96718
4.0 |
The Observer
Glacial and portentous
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4.0
96987
4.0 |
State
London Grammar have isolated themselves in their self-indulgent apathy, with songs so stripped back and bare that they leave the album so cold it’s almost lacking a heartbeat
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4.0
96641
4.0 |
The Guardian
Drowns in its own despair
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4.0
96591
4.0 |
The Skinny
While the instrumentation on Truth is a Beautiful Thing still takes watered down cues from The xx, it also reveals what the whole melancholic echo-pop set owes to U2
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2.0
96594
2.0 |
The Arts Desk
It’s hard to view Truth Is A Beautiful Thing as anything more than unobtrusive background music
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