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  1. Mojo
    Jan 25, 2017
    80
    One of the year's best. Which year? Any year. [Mar 2017, p.92]
  2. Jan 25, 2017
    70
    The Molochs are on their own trip, one that spins old ideas with new energy.
  3. Uncut
    Jan 25, 2017
    70
    It's all insanely catchy. [Feb 2017, p.33]
  4. Feb 8, 2017
    70
    Going forward, The Molochs may want to deviate a bit from the formula they used on America’s Velvet Glory, which gets pretty well worn even though the record is fairly compact at only 11 tracks, but it works well as both a cohesive throwback and a character study.
  5. Jan 25, 2017
    60
    Genre fans will love it--it’s the perfect soundtrack to pulling on your Chelsea boots and black crew-neck sweater. Those who see don’t especially wish it was 1965 again may be less convinced.
  6. 60
    The Anglophile lingo (‘He’s such a dear boy’), opiated nursery drawl and woozy organ of Charlie’s Lips is deep in homage to Barrett’s Floyd, just as the Hammond in You Never Learn is to Al Kooper on ’65 Dylan duty. More interesting is the tendency to trancey, transformative repetition on the likes of the autobiographical, sick-bed sweaty Little Stars.
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