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Sep 4, 2012Breakup Song is fresh and addictive enough to make listeners fall in love all over again.
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Oct 30, 2012Breakup Song brims variety, not just song to song, but moment to moment.
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Sep 6, 2012The accessible groove of Flower and party-time refrain of ...Candyhands make for just two more standout moments on this terrific album that appears to achieve the impossible: making a breakup sound like just the most fun you could possibly have.
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Aug 30, 2012This record definitely ranks up there with Offend Maggie and The Runners Four in regards to its emotional immediacy.
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Oct 15, 2012Breakup Song is an electric, ultra-fun, frenetic carnival; but, it is most satisfying in its quieter, more spacious moments.
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Sep 4, 2012While it's true that Breakup Song barely breaks the half-hour mark, it's really a compliment when the biggest complaint is that a few of the songs don't stick around long enough.
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Sep 21, 2012'Breakup Song' manages to hone and control their more outré-moments into a more cohesive structure than before without every compromising the band's predilection for sheer bonkers-ness.
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Aug 30, 2012It's simply another great album by an indescribably great band.
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Sep 4, 2012While Breakup Songs is hardly less fractured than Deerhoof's other albums, it's also one of their more coherent efforts.
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MagnetOct 17, 2012For those curious what the San Fran-tastic Four has left in the tank, here's what: false starts, faint praise, fart noises, mischievous grins, horns of plenty, golden deadpanning.... [No. 92, p.53]
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MojoOct 22, 2012A short, dynamic return to form is similarly earwrenching. [Nov 2012, p.95]
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Sep 20, 2012A bright, brief, crystalline work that is a more than worthy addition to one of the most consistently excellent catalogues in alternative music.
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Sep 24, 2012No-wave krunch meets mutant disco shuffle meets snippets of global radness and, yeah, it's better than Animal Collective's new one.
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Sep 12, 2012What's astonishing about Breakup Song is how it maintains an intuitive notion of coherence, even with its handling of contradictions. All the while making it look easy.
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Sep 4, 2012A quick, pithy album, with 11 songs lasting just 30 minutes. There are patches of tedium, but the best moments are both surprising and engaging.
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Feb 13, 2013They just feel more well honed this time around, conveying their music in simple, direct terms.
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Aug 30, 2012In short; it's new, interesting, and the inevitable remixes are going to be great.
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Q MagazineOct 22, 2012It's heartening to see a band still in the grip of an ideas overload 11 albums in. [Nov 2012, p.94]
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Sep 4, 2012Deerhoof revels in eternally turning perpendicular on itself, an optical illusion for the ears that the foursome has perfected with age.
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Aug 30, 2012With your headphones strapped, the album's dirty optimism will brighten even the darkest, stalest airport-layover experience (true story).
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Oct 26, 2012Deerhoof's eleventh album continues their long tradition of delighting and confounding in equal measure.
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Sep 24, 2012Though their sound is undoubtedly unique, their music has become formulaic.
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The WireOct 3, 2012It's the lighter, trickier touches that stick in the head. [Sep 2012, p.56]
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Sep 7, 2012There are no weak tracks on Breakup Song, and the album unfolds at a natural pace. Just short enough to resist sagging at the middle, it also ends with a quartet of songs that are more radio-friendly than anything the band has ever done.
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UncutSep 28, 2012Breakup Song is all right, but ultimately, it's an unnecessary listen. [Nov 2012, p.72]
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Under The RadarNov 30, 2012Although Breakup Song may not be as focused as Deerhoof's best past efforts, its ideas are just as intense as the radiant semi-truck that appears on the album cover. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.128]
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Aug 19, 2016