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10.0
106310
10.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Establishes itself as emo's first definitive document on digital-age despair
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10.0
106396
10.0 |
Spectrum Culture
An actual, honest-to-God classic
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9.1
106314
9.1 |
A.V. Club
It’s as impressive as it is expansive, a perfect showcase for modern emo’s elasticity
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9.0
106415
9.0 |
Punk News
They’ve risked everything for this album and their desire for something greater. I’m calling it now: Foxing’s Nearer My God is the album of the year.
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9.0
106654
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Daring, flamboyant and consistently thrilling. It won’t make Foxing the biggest band in the world, but it probably should
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8.0
106481
8.0 |
Gig Soup
This will challenge their core fans, let alone any casual listeners. However the songwriting and execution is unparalleled – it works because they wanted it to
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8.0
106308
8.0 |
Pitchfork
Big, beautiful, and audacious, an artful leap toward creating the new sound of rafter-shaking indie rock
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8.0
106311
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Once they focus in on their best ideas, a masterpiece is all but inevitable
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7.0
106312
7.0 |
Exclaim
Proves that some bands are capable of bending genres while still remaining loyal to a distinct brand
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6.5
106376
6.5 |
The 405
Foxing continue to stand above many of their contemporaries, never shying away from using exactly the instrument needed to make the moment memorable
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6.0
106309
6.0 |
The Skinny
A wild record that has the sensibility of emo, if not its aesthetic
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6.0
106315
6.0 |
Uncut
We can enjoy Foxing's prophecies of impending doom, particularly when they're clothed in Animal Collective harmonies, U2 bombast and even avant-garde R&B. Print edition only
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5.0
106313
5.0 |
God Is In The TV
‘Lambert’ ends Nearer My God on a high with a chiming, uplifting and final crashing chorus segment, and a fitting summary for what this album could have been had they focused more on the songs than the fiddly electronic wall of sound
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