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Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    They don't sustain the quality of songwriting throughout, but this is a promising start.
  2. Oct 20, 2011
    60
    Gauntlet Hair are surely a band to keep an eye on, and their first full-length is an exciting listen, but now that they've got that rhythm section thumping for us, let's get some clear choruses to shout along to.
  3. Oct 19, 2011
    60
    If Gauntlet Hair are promising rather than solid, they're promising nonetheless, one band of many with a shot at a further brass ring after 2011.
  4. Oct 19, 2011
    50
    It actually feels quite sterile in a lot of places; a bit too afraid to show its cards, a bit too afraid to get its hands dirty.
  5. Oct 20, 2011
    48
    They need to find their identity, and they're going to have to move forward and progress even further as a group if they want to move beyond being a flavor of the month.
  6. Under The Radar
    Nov 3, 2011
    40
    The mix is unrepentantly lo-fi. You may lose your inhibitions or just get a gnarly migraine. [Oct 2011, p.99]
  7. Oct 19, 2011
    40
    There is literally nothing on Gauntlet Hair that hasn't been done better by more respectable second-order bands like Tonstartssbandht or Ganglians.
  8. Oct 19, 2011
    40
    There's much promise for an act like Gauntlet Hair to floor its contemporaries with time, but as it stands, their grimy, sewage system is in dire need of maintenance.

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