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May 27, 2016Minor Victories is frequently beautiful, and it’s the subtle application of the abrasive (on tracks such as Out To Sea) where this project really comes into its own; a few listens in, and captivation becomes its own reward.
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MagnetAug 9, 2016The result is a modern dream-pop classic, a victory more major than minor. [No. 133, p.59]
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Jun 22, 2016While Minor Victories builds on its members' legacies, the band sounds more excited about the present and the future than looking back.
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Jun 3, 2016At no point of this record are you left hoping for another Editors anthem or new Slowdive music--yes that would be wonderful, but we now have Minor Victories to savour. Hopefully they’re here to stay.
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Jun 1, 2016In both exigency and tranquility it moves naturally; an unforced alchemy simultaneously specific to and outside of time and place.
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MojoMay 27, 2016It's a triumph for experimental chemistry: dramatic, deeply felt, dynamically designed. Minor Victories might've been put together at a distance, but it's all there. [Jul 2016, p.92]
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May 31, 2016Minor Victories is the work of intimacy and candor. It goes beyond a one-off project and instead becomes a contained piece of longing and hurting. The cohesion behind it all should be the envy of any band whose members have the luxury of being in direct vicinity of one another.
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Jun 7, 2016Minor Victories is a thoughtful and regal opening bow, but you’ll want for a little more teeth when Act Two comes into play.
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May 27, 2016Overall the experiments that succeed om Minor Victories pull the weight of the ones that don't and the collective product is praiseworthy from the standpoint of its dispersed alchemy alone. [May - Jun 2016, p.95]
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UncutMay 27, 2016Other elements are more familiar, but this beguiling debut is never less than the sum of its parts. [Jul 2016, p.76]
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Jul 6, 2016Despite its moments of lucid release, Minor Victories mostly likes to loom in the shadows with hardly any form at all.
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Jul 1, 2016The frustration bubbles under the surface for the listener, that, competent and effecting as this album is, it could have been so much more. Here’s to next time.
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Jun 24, 2016If you’ve heard their main/prior bands then the sound of this won’t surprise you, but it’ll still feel like an old friend that you always pick up right where you left off.
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Jun 20, 2016All the members’ parent groups are associated with dramatic music, but arguably in quite different styles, and the first few numbers are what you’d expect Editors to produce if they got hold of previous collaborator Goswell and placed her inappropriately high in the mix.
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Q MagazineJun 6, 2016Comically, the group never actually met while recording it. Imagine what they could do in the same room. [#361, p.112]
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May 31, 2016What’s missing, though, is the central promise of a supergroup: the thrill of hearing established musicians in a truly different context. Minor Victories’ lineup may stem from different circles, but their approaches are so complementary that there’s rarely any tension or surprise.
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Jun 3, 2016There’s some beautiful string parts, synth that rolls off sullenly into a distant horizon, and a pretty mean glockenspiel on “For You Always,” but the vocals ruin it. They don’t fit at all. It makes the album hard to swallow in the end, like an amazing deep dish pizza covered in green onions.
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Negative: 2 out of 17
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