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8.0
103753
8.0 |
All Music
Pinned is one of the band's most cohesive albums - even if change is a constant in A Place to Bury Strangers' world, so is the quality of their music
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8.0
103692
8.0 |
Mojo
Joy Division, Suicide and JAMC collide for a post-punk racket: ear-splitting and sublimely desolate. Print edition only
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7.5
103695
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Pinned showcases A Place to Bury Strangers' latest, and most solid, iteration of a band that specializes in creating sonics that cut through the bone and straight to the marrow, sounding timely, relevant, and groundbreaking
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7.0
104163
7.0 |
Clash
Well-made product that checks all the boxes
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6.7
103758
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Oddly for a band whose music is so visceral, Pinned frequently feels distant
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6.4
103747
6.4 |
Earbuddy
It’s a shame then that Pinned doesn’t land with more of an impact than a soft bang. But at least it’s not a dud
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6.0
103693
6.0 |
Uncut
Songs like "Never Coming Back" have no lack of velocity and ferocity, though APTBS often fall between two poles, being not quite able to deliver memorable songs yet unwilling to let the music dissolve into purer forms if turbulence. Print edition only
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6.0
103694
6.0 |
Exclaim
Gloom pervades these 12 tracks, and the band don't leaven it with the dynamic shifts of previous albums
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6.0
103696
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Pinned isn’t a memorable record; it’s a cacophony of ideas that don’t pan out. While it has bursts of substance, they soon trail off, or are abandoned instantly
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6.0
103697
6.0 |
The Music
Fairly restrained by A Place To Bury Strangers' standards
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5.3
103716
5.3 |
Pitchfork
The noise-rock band’s fifth album features new voices, new textures, but strikes the same affected pose
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4.0
103736
4.0 |
Crack
Pinned is simply missing the sweetness that’s hidden away on previous albums
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4.0
103812
4.0 |
Spectrum Culture
On Pinned, we see a band that has gotten lost
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4.0
103841
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Perhaps this minimalism is a style they'll evolve to master but until then there'll be an APTBS-shaped void in our collective hearts where the unapologetically, unforgivingly brutal band once was
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