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MagnetSep 20, 2016Harcourt holds nothing back, transcends theatrics and reaches the top. [No. 135, p.59]
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Aug 29, 2016With Furnaces, Ed Harcourt has continued his impressive winning streak with both true artistry and singularly-focused aplomb.
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Aug 25, 2016He promised us that this seventh LP would be "an album of evil songs." It turns out that was exactly what he needed to be at his very best.
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Aug 22, 2016Furnaces is an album of bold and brutal self-examination of masculinity’s darkest aspects, in which Harcourt seductively acknowledges the appeal of giving vent to selfish impulses while implicitly acknowledging their devastating effect on others, and indeed the world.
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Aug 18, 2016Similarly, the loping "Occupational Hazard" and the militaristically epic "Dionysus" have a kinetic flow that is, as with all of Furnaces, both literate and cinematic.
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Aug 15, 2016There are some tracks that don’t impress as much as others, but overall there isn’t a weak link in the engrossing narrative Harcourt has created here; it’s an utterly absorbing record, burning brightly as his boldest statement to date.
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Q MagazineAug 3, 2016Fifteen years after his debut, it was about time Ed Harcourt made a career-defining record. Here it is. [Sep 2016, p.106]
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MojoAug 3, 2016Furnaces is an entirely winning proposition due to its high melodic content, making for Harcourt's best record yet. [Sep 2016, p.90]
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Aug 3, 2016Its dark, unflinching songs certainly ponder humanity’s less attractive traits, with arrangements to match.
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UncutAug 3, 2016Despite his recent move to a major label, these songs do retain the malicious edge that made its predecessor so enjoyable. [Sep 2016, p.75]
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Aug 18, 2016Furnaces is quite clearly not the record Harcourt thinks it is, but it’s an interesting enough one nevertheless.