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10.0
102356
10.0 |
A.V. Club
The hooks remain plentiful, but the rage is palpable
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9.0
102214
9.0 |
All Music
It is desperate, important, and powerful music and it might just be the best album they've ever made
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9.0
102219
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Make it a part of your life immediately
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8.1
102217
8.1 |
Earbuddy
Superchunk definitely fight for the people
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8.1
102370
8.1 |
Pitchfork
More powerful and focused than any of their recent records, the 11th Superchunk album is finally the one that feels genuinely urgent, both of a particular moment and built to outlast it
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8.0
102337
8.0 |
The 405
It’s exhilarating but impactful all at once. Angry as they might be, Superchunk aren’t going to allow these times to let them phone anything in
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8.0
102211
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
He may be a disgraceful garbage-fire of a president but Trump has accomplished one good thing so far: He's inspired the best Superchunk album in recent memory
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8.0
102213
8.0 |
Exclaim
Thirty years deep into their career, Superchunk throw yet another left turn into a career full of them, offering up a protest record about the people for the people
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8.0
102220
8.0 |
Punk News
Longtime fans of the band will surely be pleased, and they may just draw in new fans having captured the zeitgeist of our current moment, at least for half the country
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8.0
102221
8.0 |
Mojo
Not least of the record's triumphs is its vindication of a band at its peak even after all these years. Print edition only
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8.0
102216
8.0 |
The Skinny
Superchunk offer a timely reminder that punk’s greatest trick has always been to make the isolated feel less alone
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8.0
102290
8.0 |
PopMatters
Superchunk were the sleeping giants of indie rock. This time the giant has bared its teeth
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7.0
102279
7.0 |
Under The Radar
All the raucousness of What a Time to Be Alive remains positive and upbeat despite contemplating situations of which so many despair
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7.0
102210
7.0 |
musicOMH
There are plenty of power-punk melodies to ensure What A Time To Be Alive isn’t condemned to an early shelf life, even if to put it amongst their best work would be a stretch too far
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7.0
102212
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
What a Time to Be Alive finds them sounding like a new band entirely. Whether it’s a true second coming for the band or a one-off record to vent political frustrations remains to be seen
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7.0
102218
7.0 |
Crack
A punk record in its truest guise; cleverly destructive and immediate. Nostalgia such as this never sounded so rousingly current
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7.0
102946
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
What a Time to Be Alive exists after impossible resolutions, in the thrall of picking up guitar after laying wood and skeleton and tears in earth
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6.0
102963
6.0 |
Q
There is an earworming swagger here. Print edition only
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6.0
102295
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A solid collection of songs that don’t exhaust ideas or outstay their welcome; it’s a refreshingly concise album that bears repeated listens
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6.0
102222
6.0 |
Record Collector
Just as Reagan Youth inflicted little tangible damage on Ronald, Superchunk are unlikely to topple his farcical modern counterpart. They might make you feel better though, if only momentarily
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6.0
102239
6.0 |
DIY
A record which wears its heart on its sleeve
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5.0
102215
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There's little to elevate this decidedly average work above the line of anything curious new fans should get excited about
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