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Jan 28, 201380This may be a flashback to the sound of a decade prior, but after getting so far away from their metal roots, most fans will agree that this balance of creepy ambience and pummeling riffs is a welcome return to form.
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Feb 4, 201380The only thing that keeps Oddfellows from being a thoroughly stellar album are the seemingly requisite filler tracks that simply do not last in your memory no matter how many times you listen to them.
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Feb 4, 201368Good as these guys are at mashing up genres on the fly, there's no denying the straighter, fist-pumpier stuff here works best.
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Jan 25, 201360It occasionally delivers the eccentric, giant-chorused rock that made Faith No More so great. [Feb 2013, p.107]
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Jan 25, 201370Less outre than much of Patton's work. [Feb 2013, p.80]
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Jan 29, 201391That's Oddfellow's overriding vibe, as well as its greatest asset: tighter songs and sturdier structures, with more room left for atmosphere, exploration, and subversion within them.
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Jan 28, 201370On the surface, it's big, dumb, and fun; just beneath, there's an improbably complicated band at work, showing its hand only on repeated listens.
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Jan 25, 201380It strikes the prefect balance: accessible, yet with enough idiosyncrasy to make it more than just a formulaic retread of past glories.
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Feb 1, 201380Oddfellows then is a fairly straightforward album, although it possesses enough personality and deftness of touch to bear repeated listens.
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Jan 25, 201380Oddfellows is a multifaceted and consistently fascinating album. [Feb 2013, p.94]
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Feb 14, 201360The stronger songs to these brittle ears are the ones that feel like experiments within an album.
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Feb 14, 201380Led by Patton’s smarmy vocals and the band’s intricately heavy instrumentation, Oddfellows cuts a swath between infectious bangers (Stone Letter, South Paw) and quirky atmospherics.
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Jan 29, 201360It's the sound of all the band's weapons unceremoniously blunted.
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Jan 29, 201360Aside from initial single "Stone Letter" and its vitriolic chorus, most won't come away humming many of the hooks or melodies, the way one might after listening to a Faith No More album.
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Feb 1, 201380Tomahawk has since its debut defined itself and Patton provides enough of an anchor to carry the band through lamentation (I.O.U.) and noir-ish narrative (A Thousand Eyes) in addition to its heavier output, which make up the album's best moments.
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Feb 11, 201390Bassist Dunn and drummer Stanier lay down weird sprightly grooves, while guitarist Denison arranges their melodies into something hard and densely poppy with arch-but-upbeat harmonics pulled from Pet Sounds. [No. 95, p.61]
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Feb 26, 201380Anyone who remembers Mike covering Italian pop songs from yesteryear ion his 2010 album Mondo Cane will know, strictly speaking, a few of his recent projects have sounded more interesting than they have incredible. Thankfully, Oddfellows is both. [2 Feb 2013, p.54]
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Jan 25, 201380It's a surprising, thoroughly consistent return-to-form, and it makes Oddfellows the first contender for hard-rock album of the year.