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Mar 27, 2014Mess gets caught in an odd trap in that it’s neither patient nor nimble.
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MojoMar 21, 2014Mess's crepuscular predecessor felt both more innovative, and more likely to open up Liars' demographic. [Apr 2014, p.92]
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Mar 27, 2014The album feels less ponderous and more balls-out than its predecessor, but the band hasn’t stitched up its maniacal tendencies into commercial pop either.
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Mar 25, 2014Its coda features a lone, breathy synth that unfurls like a tattered flag planted high atop a snow-covered peak, and, like the band’s best work, the song is comparable to little else in the pop/indie landscape—a far cry from the tepid feel that permeates too much of this Mess.
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Mar 31, 2014The pace rarely drops and, at points, the noise and structure is, indeed, messy, but the whole is punka focused collection with a bloody-minded, if also bloody-nosed, vision throughout.
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The WireMar 28, 2014Mess is more immediate than the past couple of albums, and in context, more baffling. [Mar 2014, p.63]
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Mar 26, 2014Their meh generation, “shouting lager lager” take on four-on-the-floor energy is starting to wear a bit thin.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 38
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Mixed: 8 out of 38
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Negative: 1 out of 38
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Mar 26, 2014
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