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Oct 2, 2017We may never get another album as breathtaking as Wolf Parade's debut, but it's great to have them firing on all cylinders once again.
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Oct 6, 2017Cry Cry Cry is Wolf Parade’s most vibrant, energetic record to date.
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Oct 3, 2017There is an energy to Cry, Cry, Cry that simply got lost in the storm Apologies created. After some time away to re-group, it seems, Wolf Parade have re-found that spark.
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Oct 6, 2017That seven-year break might have been just what Wolf Parade needed to regroup and come back even stronger than before, and Cry Cry Cry shows that guitar rock is far from dead.
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Oct 5, 2017The greatest and most wonderful surprise is that Cry Cry Cry burns with the passion of a debut.
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Nov 15, 2017The easiest way to say it is that there’s no barrier between despair and euphoria in these songs--which contain both, equally, simultaneously and without contradiction.
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Oct 23, 2017The band’s maturity doesn’t soften Cry Cry Cry’s many thrills. Cry Cry Cry can’t change the issues it speaks of on its own, but its energy is more than enough to mobilize those who listen.
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Oct 9, 2017It quickly announces that they're as capable and creative as ever, and the finished product is as strong as anything they've released to date.
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Oct 5, 2017Cry Cry Cry is their most cohesive work yet, a blend of Springsteenian bar-room rock and Sparks-style operatics that holds together surprisingly well.
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Oct 5, 2017Though energetic, their danceable chassis and sprawling melodies nevertheless feel weary, as if constantly grinding against some looming, countervailing force. It’s true that wearied, furtive anthems have always been Wolf Parade’s thing, but they feel especially right for these enervating times.
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MojoSep 29, 2017The insistent, even patient, rhythms that propel most songs on Wolf Parade's fourth album are some measure of hope. They suggest there's someplace the synth-rock band is trying to get, and that there is some place worth reaching. [Nov 2017, p.96]
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UncutSep 29, 2017Cry Cry Cry is 21st-century rock at its most delectably omnivorous. [Nov 2017, p.39]
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Q MagazineSep 29, 2017It finds them in rejuvenated form. Their lyrical seriousness is present and correct. [Nov 2017, p.115]
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Sep 29, 2017Wolf Parade captures how complacency allows simmering tensions to metastasize.
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Oct 6, 2017Wolf Parade isn’t afraid to dive deep. While they don’t always emerge with pearls, the effort is commendable, and one that leaves us hoping that the next time they swim away into the dark, they won’t take so long to find their way back.
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Oct 18, 2017In short, it’s a Wolf Parade album. Much like last year’s EP4, the aperitif the band dropped prior to a reunion tour, however, it sometimes leans too far on the formulaic side of things to leave a real lasting impact.
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Oct 18, 2017Musically, it is not quite extraordinary, yet this could all change in a live setting, and it remains a more than worthy return for a group who are experts in their craft.
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MagnetOct 17, 2017The band digs deep to produce 11 sharp tracks, marked by its inventive stylistic hybrid. [No. 147, p.61]
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Oct 3, 2017Underneath its few flaws, an electrifying energy shines through, even if its not as potent as it might have seemed in those halcyon 2000s days.
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Oct 11, 2017Cry Cry Cry can be heard as an equal to At Mount Zoomer or Expo 86: a solid record, throwback indie rock by default, powered less by defiant belief than muted reliability.
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Oct 6, 2017If Wolf Parade have spent six years wondering how they can sing about anything at all, it seems as though they’re still wondering. Just this time the quartet turned the mic on as they pondered.
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Sep 29, 2017Their fourth album’s trembling vocals address mortality, heartbreak, collapse, resilience, different extremities of weather, running to someone and leaving the city at night. Such earnestness is offset nicely by jaunty synthesizer sounds and admirably expressive drum work. It remains unfortunate that Wolf Parade have never reached the fascinating twitchiness of their heroes Modest Mouse.
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Negative: 3 out of 38
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