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Aug 28, 2012While A Thing Called Divine Fits might be a shade less eclectic than Boeckner, Brown, and Daniel's other projects, it's hard to find fault when the results are this consistently catchy.
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Aug 29, 2012Call it two EPs of material from two gifted frontmen combined into one LP--nothing more, nothing less.
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Aug 28, 2012This is a striking, exciting debut crafted with a confident, crackling urgency that makes this music leap out of the speakers.
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Aug 28, 2012Divinely frustrating and equally compelling.
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Aug 28, 2012Rather than a cohesive structured debut effort that was the product of a cooperative band, you have a Frankenstein-ian melding of cast off parts.
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Aug 28, 2012Divine Fits suggests that Daniel, Boeckner and Brown are doing a lot more than just killing time, if not eclipsing their other, better-known bands.
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Aug 28, 2012Women are all over A Thing Called Divine Fits, but at its many hearts the record celebrates "a very brotherly" relationship.
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Oct 3, 2012Each man delivers touches that are downright unique to their brand of music, but together, they carry a strong penchant for the greatness of indie rock. It's never groundbreaking, but it doesn't have to be either – A Thing Called Divine Fits celebrates music with terrific, yet humble, results.
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Aug 31, 2012While Spoon and Wolf Parade fans may be mourning during the hiatus of their favourite bands, this is a tasty release in the interim.
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Aug 29, 2012It's an excellent record--one that sounds both classic and unmistakably contemporary--but, for the most part, it still sounds like the meeting of two disparate halves.
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Sep 7, 2012In short, this rocks differently in a year when it's been hard to use that verb without reflecting on the mortality of all things.
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Aug 31, 2012This collaboration produces a collection of consistent but familiar tunes that seem hastily thrown together, each instrumental and vocal decision decided by the fate of a coin toss.
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MagnetOct 1, 2012The merger breathes welcome new life into both of their glorified shticks, though Brown will likely have serve a stint at the Keith Moon Memorial Flailing Rock Re-Education Camp before the Turks next reconvene. [No.91, p.53]
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MojoOct 22, 2012Blessed with impeccable musical bone structure, nearly everything suits them. [Nov 2012, p.88]
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Aug 28, 2012Despite the obvious logistical convenience that made possible the merge of Boeckner and Daniel, A Thing Called Divine Fits makes a strong case for established musicians who randomly feel an urge to start a band.
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Aug 28, 2012A Thing Called Divine Fits might seem the Platonic ideal of indie rock collaboration, but the most memorable moments have Boeckner's signature.
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Aug 29, 2012They're not there yet, but with Boeckner's insistence that the group will be the primary focus of its members for the foreseeable future, they might just get it right next time.
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Aug 28, 2012Each track stands on its own; there is no filler, and it highlights each musician's strengths.
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Aug 28, 2012Daniel's sharp guitar and Boeckner's drone-y keyboard come together on jittery jags that gain urgency by feeling knocked out.
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Aug 28, 2012The album is an assemblage of smart, new wave-tinged garage-rock tunes, less a labor of love than a near-effortless studio session between two post-punk revival veterans that might have been recorded in the space of a few afternoons.
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Sep 5, 2012When they get the balance right (yes, that reference is from '83) and filter those desires through their own distinct sensibilities, Divine Fits stands with their best work.
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Aug 28, 2012Boeckner is occasionally overshadowed by his more charismatic collaborator, but that dynamic is nothing new to him after Wolf Parade, and there's no shame in being upstaged on a record as brisk and consistently infectious as this one.
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Aug 28, 2012There's a chemistry between this trio, and a satisfying intensity to their focused electro jams.
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Aug 28, 2012It's a record full of poses and acts, but there's a secret work ethic under all this; the band mates seem to believe in indie-rock maybe a little more than they need to.
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Sep 28, 2012A Thing Called Divine Fits is a seemingly rare thing; a really good, life-affirming rock record that just works, and gets better and better the more time you spend with it.
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UncutSep 14, 2012The most infectiously tricked-out rock LP since El Camino. [Oct 2012, p.77]
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Aug 28, 2012A Thing Called the Divine Fits does a fantastic job building on many of the strengths of its members to create a new, exciting project.
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