Kensington Heights - The Constantines
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76 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The fourth album for the Canadian indie rock band is its first full-length album on the Arts & Crafts label.

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Far from an easygoing slice of complacent contentedness, Kensington Heights finds the band pinpointing its angry energy with expert precision, rather than flailing with the wild abandon of old.
  2. Paste Magazine
    80
    The result is a batch of songs that are as direct and deeply personal as they are fist-pumpingly universal.
  3. Under The Radar
    80
    The Constantines have the confidence to place the melodies upfront, then bury more beneath them, so that the songs retain that wild sense of discovery. p[Spring 2008, p.75]
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  4. Q Magazine
    60
    While 'New King' and 'Time Can Be Overcome' are heartland country-rock classics, the funk-flecked 'Trans Canada' and feedback-frazzled 'Shower Of Stones' take a cue frrom dub-punk icons Fugazi. [Oct 2008, p.141]
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