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9.8
103578
9.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
What is different this time around, however, are broader and more grandiose instrumentation (read: some dope ass harp!) and something of a... brighter disposition. This is perhaps the poppiest the Philadelphia outfit has ever come across
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9.0
103582
9.0 |
Exclaim
You could have said it after pretty much any of their previous releases, but once again, Hop Along are truly a band at the top of their game
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9.0
103768
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Stepping away from the noise and taking an evermore artful approach to heartfelt pop is a bold, brilliantly smart move and on Bark Your Head Off, Dog the results are borderline magical
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8.4
103580
8.4 |
Earbuddy
Does a fine job of balancing the band’s quirky, strong songwriting with better hooks and melodies
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8.2
107740
8.2 |
Gig Soup
Bark Your Head Off, Dog is a form of choral story-telling, punctuated by internal variations and thorough carving of details
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8.0
103620
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
There’s an exhilarating, restless groove to their alt-rock sound more or less throughout. Players of ‘air drums’ will be in their element
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8.0
103516
8.0 |
Pitchfork
The Philly band’s third album is warm and spacious, filled with rich stories rendered beautifully in the abstract
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8.0
103529
8.0 |
All Music
While something is almost always askew, on average, the album feels a little broader and brighter than Painted Shut. Thankfully, it does so without sacrificing lyrical impact or smoothing out Hop Along's distinctive, compelling sound
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8.0
103551
8.0 |
DIY
They’re just as enticing and attention-grabbing when practicing restraint
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7.5
103651
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Bark Your Head Off, Dog more openly embraces the group’s flexibility, matching its compositions with its potential
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7.0
103618
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Everything about the Philadelphia quartet's sound on their latest record sounds more accomplished, but also more polished
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7.0
108635
7.0 |
No Ripcord
A sometimes confounding if indecisive listen, but Quinlan's passionate eye for detail hasn't withered in the slightest
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7.0
103517
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An album both more mature and more realised than anything Hop Along have realised previously, Bark Your Head Off, Dog is a deft balance of quiet, folky meanderings and rousing slabs of indie rock
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7.0
103579
7.0 |
The 405
An album showing a band striving to push themselves to bigger and broader aims
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6.7
103594
6.7 |
A.V. Club
The lyrics still have bite and darkness, but this is a sweeter and sunnier Hop Along
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