• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Mar 18, 2008
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

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  2. Negative: 3 out of 20

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

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  1. Beat Pyramid begins and ends in the middle of the same sentence, literally and figuratively, but it doesn't come across as contrived or insincere, thanks mostly to Barnett, who conveys his words in a manner that is simultaneously solemn and half-winking, as if he knows they could be totally wrong, but he's going to say them like they're all he's got left, anyway.
  2. These New Puritans play it smart, but in service of an earnest query rather than their own smartness.
  3. Beat Pyramid is an idiosyncratic, swaggering, and intellectual album, but more importantly for the listener, a damn exciting and original one too.