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The disc infuses folk with frenetic intensity, but it's all so over the top that it's hard to take it as anything more than a distraction, like an annoying buzz or a particularly scratchy pair of wool socks.
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Except for a few slow numbers, which drag as the band overestimates the charm of their shtick, Broken Hymns works consistently, distracting from the staleness of its themes by burning them from the ground up.
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Q MagazineNew York's O'Death are a breathless proposition for the most part. [Nov 2008, p.118]
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RaquelA.Nov 23, 2008
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FrancisTOct 31, 2008Helps to be in the mindspace of one of O'death's shows to listen to the album, which can be a strange place to be anyway.