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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Apr 12, 2013
    90
    Cruise Your Illusion doesn't disappoint; what the Washington four-piece have accomplished is as authentic as the influences that ooze from its fuzz, and warmer than an Arabian armpit.
  2. Apr 2, 2013
    87
    Cruise Your Illusion is a record that will likely be spinning on turntables well into the future.
  3. Apr 22, 2013
    80
    All shot through with the psychedelic heft of Neil Young & Crazy Horse, this is not a flash in the pan, a fumble in the dark or an album which loses its way but a cosmic paean to perfectionism that creates order out of the most beautiful chaos.
  4. Apr 17, 2013
    80
    If you want to make good, solid, loud rock music in the new millennium, this is your blue print.
  5. Apr 10, 2013
    80
    Rock music is ultimately about a wild feeling, and Milk Music are delivering it in just the right place.
  6. Apr 5, 2013
    80
    On their full-length debut, Milk Music keeps those influences intact with raw, warm sludgy rock that brings them out of the fuzzy shell of 2010′s Beyond Living EP helping to secure a unique personal identity that respectfully builds on a classic sound.
  7. Apr 2, 2013
    80
    Cruise Your Illusion holds enough of the band's personality to keep them from being a '90s cover band, but at times, the weight of their ragged influences sits heavy enough on the songs to obscure their most original aspects.
  8. Apr 2, 2013
    80
    Cruise Your Illusion sounds like proud, but humble music from a band doing exactly what they want on their terms.
  9. Apr 8, 2013
    78
    Cruise Your Illusion holds its ground, but there are sociological elements to Milk Music's story that make the experience of the record even more fun.
  10. Magnet
    Apr 16, 2013
    75
    Aside from getting off on the wrong foot and then later making an awkward exit, the bulk of Illusion is a bristling. [No. 97, p.57]
  11. The highs on The Men’s album are higher than Milk Music’s, but Cruise Your Illusion is the more cohesive statement.
  12. Apr 3, 2013
    60
    From the lean, scrappy production value to the grandiose guitar solos and Alex Coxen’s wobbling, vocal delivery a la Grant Hart, the record has the messy fingerprints of indie rock’s cherished first wave smeared all over it.

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