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Jul 15, 2013More Light titrates psych rock, garage guitars and shaggy dance music, with Gillespie high on his own supply in a good way.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 26, 2013["It's A;right, It's OK" is] Yet another foray into shameless retro pastiche, then, but it concludes this gloomy, ear-bashing album with a welcome blast of rousing optimism. [Jul 2013, p.90]
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Jun 18, 2013Throughout, Holmes maintains a steady hand on the controls, never letting the stylistic shifts overwhelm the overriding ambiance, which is to revel in sensuality of synapse-stroking while riding the pure physicality of a full-on dance/rock record.
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Jun 18, 2013More Light is not only an all-encompassing trip that shows everything they're capable of, but also the best album they've made since 2000's XTRMNTR.
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Jun 18, 2013On More Light, the band exercises this need for reinvention while incorporating--and even emphasizing—the danger and despair inherent in its best work.
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Jun 17, 2013More Light sees Primal Scream returning with a more exciting, adventurous outlook, no doubt fueled by re-teaming with DJ and producer, David Holmes, whom the group first worked with on parts of XTRMNTR.
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Jun 17, 2013It is one of those odd Primal Scream albums where they pull it all together--roping in the hard rock, free jazz, club beats, flowery psychedelia, the worship of the Stooges, and a devotion to avant-garde cinema--building upon the past in an attempt to get closer to the future.
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Jun 13, 2013Fewer of the screechers and More Light would be just right: Screamadelica-lite. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.89]
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MojoMay 20, 2013It all amounts to Primal Scream's most satisfying album since Screamadelica, with something akin to maturity joining the still-vital urge to make transcendent noise. [Jun 2013, p.82]
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013Primal Scream haven't sounded this vital in at least a decade. [Jun 2013, p.97]
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May 13, 2013Thanks to a propensity for insurrectionary non sequiturs that are big on abstract nouns but shakier on sense. But this is still their most exhilarating album since 2000's superlative Xtrmntr.
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May 13, 2013More Light stands as one of Primal Scream's finest, most honest records, even if the ravens remain soundly roosting within the Tower's walls.
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May 13, 2013More Light is not Primal Scream at their very best, but merely at their very good.
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May 10, 2013More Light is Primal Scream's best effort in some time.
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May 10, 2013More Light is prosaic, but also proof that when you want to rally a new generation, it’s not Marcus Mumford you want holding the megaphone.
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May 9, 2013The Britain of 2013 may be a place full of dread in Primal Scream’s world but that sense of anger has prompted them to deliver an extremely impressive return that’s brash, bold and often brilliant.
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May 8, 2013This might not be their finest work, but it’s the best thing they’ve made in at least a decade.
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May 8, 2013With the Screamadelica nostalgia out of their systems, More Light primes the Scream for their fourth decade in the best possible way, serving as a summary of everything they’ve done before, yet sounding nothing like it.
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May 7, 2013Sure, few will love everything on here but the hubris, yet the sprawling mess that is More Light can’t help but impress.
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UncutMay 7, 2013Not everything works, but somehow everything fits. [Jun 2013, p.66]
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May 7, 2013As it develops, it shows off a new side to them once again, one which wants to make records which draw on their experience rather than trying to do something completely new, and that in itself puts More Light up their with their best.
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May 7, 2013With the core ‘XTRMNTR’ team--the Scream, Shields, producer David Holmes--More Light, the Scream’s 10th album and first in five years, lives up to its bilious billing.
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May 7, 2013The problem with More Light is the problem with any given Primal Scream record: too much variety. And the problem with that problem is it can also work for them as a strength. But on More Light, it can get hard to see any kind of cohesion beyond compilation.
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Positive: 18 out of 19
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