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Jun 4, 2015N.E.W. feels more like a victory lap than a new beginning. Nothing inherently wrong with that, and every track is here is at least solid, but it’s best to put expectations of revelation out of your mind before hitting the “play” button.
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MojoMay 20, 2015Even while eschewing the much-loved spacey dub demo interludes of earlier releases for a kind of metaphysical hard rock, all but one of these tracks are worthy additions to a now capacious legacy. [Jun 2015, p.90]
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Apr 24, 2015It doesn’t always gel entirely (the false-ending-blighted Look At Your Life quickly grates; Change simply feels forced) but Who Am I’s blissful harmonies are second to none and both the celebratory Relief and chugging, metallic The Times subject the Hackneys’ patented, hard-driving Detroit rock’n’roll sound to a strikingly contemporary overhaul.
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Apr 16, 2015The trio hit on a raw, emotional, gritty new sound, but success failed to materialize until some 40 years later.
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Apr 17, 2015There's undeniably something missing here.