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MagnetAug 16, 2013For the most part, the band has deftly added its own experiences and experience to original template of its debut, and comes out gleaming in the other end. [No. 101, p.61]
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Jul 25, 2013Jinx leaves the band with more paths to explore going forward; they may either continue to refine the warmly gothic sounds found here or may embrace a different facet of Sports. It seems apparent after Jinx that they will deftly execute whichever option they choose.
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Jul 23, 2013Jinx may not be as immediately jarring and respectable as their debut, but it certainly keeps the ball rolling.
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Oct 28, 2013Jinx is a much more personal record than its creators have cut in the past.
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Jul 26, 2013Whereas Sports raged, Jinx is at once soaring and uplifting.
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Jul 25, 2013The record hits you in the spaces you didn’t realize were blank, like that moment that is the sliver between thought and expression.
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Jul 23, 2013It’s that ability to toggle between the doom and gloom of post-punk and the restless energy of fuzz-pop that makes Jinx such a gripping, vital listen.
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Jul 23, 2013You'd have to look hard to find another band making dark and noisy pop as sonically engaging and emotionally satisfying as Weekend do on Jinx.
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Oct 3, 2013Granted, as they’ve smoothed out the rough edges a bit, some of the rugged immediacy has been lost, but they’ve more than make up for it in a newfound sense of lively rhythmic interaction.
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Aug 6, 2013The album is slightly parched in places, especially when Mr. Durkan seems to be singing with his eyes rolled, but mostly the juxtaposition of gloom and urgency holds firm.
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Aug 1, 2013Jinx advances the progress evident already in Red and Sports, and avoids whatever sophomore slump its title may suggest.
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Jul 23, 2013With Jinx, we get to see a promising band push their sound outward and gracefully mature, even if it doesn’t always floor you as immediately as some of Sports’ loudest moment do.
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Jul 23, 2013They take a massive jump on Jinx--this isn't just a monster guitar album, it's a monster groove album.
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Jul 25, 2013Moving away from the more varied songcraft that speckled the record's earlier tracks, Jinx eventually resigns itself to a pillowy darkness that, while not unpleasant, feels safe and flat.
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Aug 23, 2013These post-punk/new-wave tracks rumble by with a forcefulness not heard since the ’80s. Soak up the gleaming destruction.