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Feb 11, 2011The Dears were churning out sweeping, blustery epics long before "dramatic indie rock from Canada" was its own subgenre, and Degeneration Street, the band's fifth album sees them perfecting the template.
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Mar 14, 2011This is a staggering record, displaying not only a golden streak of songwriting but also a band newly energised to their cause - making it a return to form of near biblical proportions. Highly recommended.
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Mar 14, 2011Few albums this year will match up to the level of proficiency and commitment here and yet it remains a distinct probability that the world still won't listen. An album that will shadow most others.
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Q MagazineMay 2, 2011As ever, the gravel-voiced Lightburn sounds as if singing for his life rather than his supper yet, without sacrificing that epic feel that always set this band apart, he's broadening his horizons. [Apr 2011, p.101]
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MojoApr 15, 2011Fifth, and best, album from Montreal's big dreamers. [Apr. 2011, p. 94]
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Mar 2, 2011Degeneration Street, the group's fifth studio album, finds the band not only back at capacity, but bursting at the seams with engaging melodies, memorable choruses, and renewed apocalyptic fervor.
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Feb 24, 2011If this album is proof of anything, it's that the Dears once again have a long career ahead of them.
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Feb 15, 2011Twelve members and five records in and the Dears have made their best album yet -– Degeneration Street is one of the rock albums to live up to in 2011.
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Feb 15, 2011Degeneration Street is a credit to Lightburn's songwriting acumen and stubbornly heightened emotions. The Dears make some bulky records, but no half-hearted ones.
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Mar 2, 2011The Dears' fifth album, Degeneration Street, marks yet another chapter in the band's career, with past bandmates Robert Benvie (guitars/keyboards/vocals), Patrick Krief (guitars/vocals), and Roberto Arquilla (bass/vocals) returning to the fold, and newest member Jeff Luciani on drums.
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Feb 11, 2011Lightburn's amoebic tenor is still the main attraction: soul crooner one minute, punk shouter the next, he's a prime candidate for rock's next Broadway musical.
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Feb 15, 2011It's the most Dears-like thing they've ever produced: an ambitious, insanely layered, eclectic (sometimes too eclectic) concept album about the thick, looming boundaries that separate Heaven from the Hell we call Earth.
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Feb 16, 2011Degeneration Street is a bit of a tease, a solid alternative-rock album with some exciting sounds that afford only a peek into the Dears' potential.
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Feb 24, 2011This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.