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Mar 15, 2012Considering that most songs poke past five minutes, they're oddly unmemorable, featuring hooks with infinitesimal life spans, as well as guitars and electronics that all shoulder one another for room with too much hyperactivity to crunch into one song.
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Jan 12, 2012Unfortunately, by tailoring their sound to the stage, they sacrificed some of the beautiful flow and elegant dynamics that made their self-titled effort so effortlessly brilliant.
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Jan 5, 2012Though these guys may not have quite perfected their excellent formula just yet, Gangs is nevertheless a step in the right direction.
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Kerrang!Jun 24, 2011While this is as trying and testing as it is unique, it's certainly not without its charms. [4 Jun 2011, p.51]
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Q MagazineJun 21, 2011Monstrously heavy, full of tense, nervous energy. [July 2011, p. 120]
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May 16, 2011The jaunty melodies and jagged incisors savaging them into bite-size shapes remain engaging for the full 45 minutes, proving that the loud and voiceless do not have to sound ineloquent.
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May 16, 2011The self-imposed time restraints have merely served to sharpen the quartet's focus in quite glorious fashion.
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May 16, 2011They have taken what they knew they were at good first time round, shed some of the cliche post rock elements and pressed on in a direction which at this stage in their career was perhaps a safer bet as opposed to trying something completely new, but it was the right bet.
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May 16, 2011This is the sound of a gang who've never been tighter, and a postcard of their journey that couldn't have captured them at a higher peak.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Jun 17, 2011I didn't think they could make a better album than their first one... and then they did, wow. This album is beyond amazing. I love every single track.