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Mar 20, 2013On New Moon they take a wide range of sounds and somehow make them all their own, and if you can keep up with all the "genre-hopping," this is certain to be one of the most unique and interesting records you'll hear this year.
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Mar 4, 2013Fortunately for fans of their punishing past, New Moon smoothes out the edges without getting rid of them completely, leaving just enough rough patches here and there to remind listeners that there's still plenty of muscle hiding just below their languid façade.
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May 30, 2013It'll evoke memories of Wilco's Being There ("Open the Door"), GNR around Lies ("The Seeds"), and Neil Young doing "Big Time" ("Freaky").
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Mar 13, 2013New Moon has extended the the group’s realization of their own freedom.
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Apr 23, 2013The Men almost casually demonstrate a mastery of song-based rock & roll that usually comes from decades of work.
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Apr 5, 2013New Moon feels a little bit long; though only twelve songs, they are all pretty substantial (especially the eight-minute “Supermoon”), and things lag a little between “The Brass” and “I See No One.”
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Mar 5, 2013Sacrificing recklessness is different from sacrificing passion, and New Moon cements The Men as one of the most exciting rock acts today, no matter who they’re listening to or, most importantly, who they’re redefining.
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Mar 4, 2013New Moon is a rare and very special album.
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Mar 13, 2013One can make out here and there traces of American roots music, but those are alas, buried within the breathtaking bluster, ’cos ultimately, you can’t separate The Men from the noise.
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Kerrang!Apr 5, 2013If the music The men are making is punk, it's rarely sounded so awesome. [2 Mar 2013, p.51]
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MagnetMar 15, 2013They take genre conventions and flip them inside out. [No. 96, p.57]
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Mar 5, 2013Overdriven, overblown and utterly exciting, it might be nothing new, but it’s a thunderous reminder as to why rock is so enduring.
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Mar 4, 2013The place where the anthemic, the noisy and the epic meet is where The Men sound most naturally positioned.
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Mar 4, 2013New Moon shows The Men, who have always been admired for their ability to pull such diverse influences but held back for their lack of originality, expanding their horizons and coming into their own.
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Mar 5, 2013The Men cover a lot of ground on New Moon, with consistently solid returns.
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Mar 8, 2013New Moon follows through on that promise but inevitably discovers that, when you do open your heart, blood gets spilled.
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Mar 6, 2013New Moon is one of those excellent albums that’s going to divide opinion, especially among long-standing fans of the band.
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Mar 7, 2013An album where the reminiscence of rock is revitalized by The Men’s gift of genre hybridization.
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Mar 26, 2013New Moon is an exciting, challenging and rewarding listen.
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Mar 18, 2013New Moon reminds you that the Men can go pretty much anywhere they please.
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Mar 19, 2013New Moon offers pleasures aplenty.
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Mar 4, 2013New Moon is simply a more casual affair by The Men, a perfectly passable rock record by a band with the talent to pull that off and without the anxiety that you’ll want to pay attention.
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Mar 5, 2013For now, though, New Moon stands as it is: a homey, gut-warming batch of tunes that erratically juggle nostalgia, craft, and ass-kicking abandon.
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Mar 6, 2013New Moon is their most purposeful beast yet.
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Mar 18, 2013The Men may not be here to change rock history but at the very least they deserve serious recognition for the fact that they keep doing exactly what they want, and that it continues to be as honest and as shamelessly exhilarating as the best rock music always should be.
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Mar 5, 2013The Men have simply absorbed another musical language and are trying to speak through it and the other languages they’ve spoken through on previous albums, trading Spacemen 3 or The Buzzcocks for Dusty Springfield (“Freaky”). Some don’t work (“Saw Her Face,” parts of “Half Angel Half Light”), some do really well (“The Brass,” “Electric”).
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013It may not grab quite like Open Your Heart, but New Moon is still an unabashedly enjoyable testament to the band's talent. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.94]
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