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  • Summary: The seventh full-length release from the indie rock band was produced with Kevin Ratterman and is its first with new band member, David Fountain.
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Big Dark Love
I sit at my table I drink from my cup I gaze down the stairwell Flip through the telephone book I spit out the window Oh, it hit someone isn't that... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Feb 3, 2015
    90
    Big Dark Love has big, dark secrets hidden away in its seams that call out for repeated listens until you can draw them into the light.
  2. Whether Murder by Death ever gets the credit they so richly deserve still remains to be seen. But more albums as dominant, complete and enriching as Big Dark Love probably won’t hurt their cause. In an era dominated by singles and ample amounts of filler, it is a delight to hear an album as engrossing as this.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2015
    80
    Just about every song is not what it seems. [Mar 2015, p.78]
  4. Feb 2, 2015
    70
    Big Dark Love may not make you feel good about the emotion that has driven pop music since the dawn of Tin Pan Alley, but Murder by Death bring a perspective that's honest and heartfelt, and it's a reminder why this group is still one of the most powerful Hoosier acts around.
  5. Magnet
    Feb 20, 2015
    70
    Best experienced in depressed darkness while contemplating your existence. [No. 117., p.59]
  6. 70
    While there aren’t any rousing sing-along choruses, let alone pop crossover potential, this is Americana that’s conceptually consistent.
  7. Feb 2, 2015
    50
    Big Dark Love is brilliant where many MBD albums also thrive: in setting a stage.... The problem is that watching the band set up the stage is still more interesting than the production that follows.

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