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May 26, 2022Blue Skies elevates Dehd's mysterious auras, thoughtful experimentation, and strong songwriting, but reaches its highest levels of beauty and intensity when the band shares more of their unobscured personalities.
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Jun 3, 2022The album packs a lot of ideas—and songs—into its brief 33-minute runtime, preventing almost any song from overstaying its welcome. ... The result is some of their loosest, most fun work.
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May 27, 2022Some of the top lines are nagging in their immediacy – the joyous “do-do-do’s” on the 90-second Bop positively tickle you in the armpits – but others are cleverly minimal, like the announcements on the chorus to Empty in My Mind.
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May 26, 2022With Blue Skies, the production is crisper, the melodies are sharper, the moods hit deeper and Dehd seem ready to conquer the indie rock world — from Glasgow to Chicago, and everywhere in between.
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May 26, 2022After clocking more hours in the studio this time around, the band sound even more assured. On Blue Skies, those telltale hooks manifest themselves again on nearly every song.
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May 31, 2022On Blue Skies, they made the best choice, which is the only choice: Change nothing. Not one thing.
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May 26, 2022Post-punk bands tend to veer dark and brooding, but Dehd avoid that here, putting all of their energy into sunny anthems filled with dizzying coos, lighthearted hooks and charming rhythms. It all helps them bounce across the record and into our hearts for good.
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May 27, 2022Control gives Dehd room to deepen their sets and expand their sound but most importantly lays the groundwork for an even better and more lush album that could follow.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 2 out of 11
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Jun 17, 2022
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Jun 4, 2022Great new Dehd album. Blue Skies is a fantastic follow up to Flower of Devotion!