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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Magnet
    Nov 12, 2014
    80
    Things never bog down in the spectral murk, even when the tempos slow to a bump in the night. [No. 115, p.53]
  2. Oct 13, 2014
    80
    All of this freedom has culminated in a stellar debut full-length for Arts & Crafts.
  3. Oct 13, 2014
    80
    The album swells, twists and turns, but rather than feeling helplessly meandering--a pitfall of the genre--it has an organic pacing that naturally starts and ends with each song.
  4. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    75
    The band flourishes on this exciting debut. [Dec 2014, p.90]
  5. Oct 13, 2014
    75
    While the band have reined in some of the volatility that made those introductory singles so exhilarating, there’s a cool consistency and newfound accessibility to Absolutely Free that makes it an easy, enchanting front-to-back listen, the songs locking together to form a smoothly contoured album arc.
  6. Oct 31, 2014
    70
    Though not inaccessible, it just requires a slightly different appreciation of music than you may be used to, and one wonders how this Toronto trio will build upon the canvass it has meticulously constructed on this alluring, even if it is sometimes puzzling, outing.
  7. Oct 13, 2014
    70
    The Toronto trio's first album is an impressive debut that shows the band to be masters of taking psychedelic, experimental, and simply interesting music of many eras and delivering them all wrapped up in one shimmering package that's easy to absorb.

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