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Feb 7, 2012No One Can Ever Know reaffirms that the Twilight Sad are unafraid of challenging themselves or their listeners, and for better or worse, there's something admirable about that uncompromising attitude.
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Feb 2, 2012Frigid, militant, and rhythmic.
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UncutFeb 3, 2012James Graham's ragged brogue remains deeply affecting, humanizing this unsettling music. [Mar 2012, p.101]
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Feb 10, 2012An album that rewards patience and careful attention; the band has always known how to capitalize on subtlety, but now it's the name of the game.
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Q MagazineFeb 22, 2012[Producer Andrew Weatherall] helped bring out a kind of claustrophobic, harmonic distortion. [Mar 2012, p.113]
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Feb 2, 2012Who knows what direction they may go in the future but it would have to be very special indeed to top this hugely impressive comeback.
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Mar 19, 2012It's been a long time since their debut album was released in 2007 and maybe nostalgia is working against them, but No One Can Ever Know can barely keep the walls interested.
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Feb 10, 2012Reenergizing the band after a lackluster sophomore effort, the move [of switching guitars for synthesizers] has led to an atmospheric, assured and largely compelling record.
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Feb 2, 2012Purer than innocence and richer than gold, No One Can Ever Know confirms that The Twilight Sad are simply too good to remain a-little-less-than-well-known outside the restrictive realms of slightly-less-than-world-conqering 'zines.
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Feb 7, 2012The bleakest of the band's albums, No One Can Ever Know works because The Twilight Sad knows exactly what old bits to jettison and new ones to embrace without tinkering with its cold, black heart.
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Feb 7, 2012For a young band with only three records under its belt, the exactitude and evolution that The Twilight Sad shows on No One is impressive.
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Feb 10, 2012A tense and absorbing record that creates its own world for you to live in.
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Feb 14, 2012No One Can Ever Know is quite a good album, not as fresh as the debut, but more complicated and premeditated.
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Feb 3, 2012Fans of the Cure's late '80s material will find much to love about No One Can Ever Know. [Mar 2012, p.99]
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Feb 8, 2012There are no compromises to be reached, and that's what makes No One Can Ever Know such an authoritative listen.
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Feb 13, 2012Though it never explodes, No One Can Ever Know comes to its unnerving climaxes at just the right points and feels in its own right like a totally cohesive recording of something dark and unforgivable.
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Feb 8, 2012It holds its cards close, but it's the kind of album that rewards patience and a willingness to dig into the album's complexity and deeply personal nature.
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Feb 10, 2012This is a timid stand for a band who've made a career out of courageously embracing their fears.
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Feb 2, 2012Whereas Editors seem to ape the tortured soul of Joy Division, here it's the real deal.
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Feb 7, 2012Fans may take a while to warm up to this new material, but turning down the volume isn't always a bad thing.
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Feb 16, 2012They do doom and gloom very well, and more importantly, offer their own unique slant on the sound rather than sound like Joy Division clones.
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Feb 16, 2012Melodic, dark and captivating.
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Feb 10, 2012Once again, they have created an album that sounds very little like their past recordings and yet still sounds exactly like The Twilight Sad.
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Feb 10, 2012Some way off a breakthrough they may be, but they're still a chilling thrill for those unafraid of the dark.
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