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83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. The Wire
    Jun 2, 2017
    80
    The pop craftsmanship on display throughout Pangs is just the thing to make vinegary dregs go down easy. [Mar 2017, p.53]
  2. Mar 29, 2017
    80
    Pangs is full of warmth and charm, one that is welcoming instead of being difficult.
  3. Mar 2, 2017
    80
    It makes for warm, complex but ultimately rewarding listening--the forboding swell of Songs Of The Marvels, the smartly rollicking The Angry Laughing God--and is the sound of muscles being gently but confidently flexed.
  4. Feb 27, 2017
    80
    Though it’s all new, the weirdness of ancient folk is ever present; he’s a true original.
  5. Feb 24, 2017
    80
    The results are certainly a departure for an artist who seems to relish the chance to collaborate and while each of these ten songs is a Roberts original, the lush song craft recalls the golden age of electric folksters like Fairport Convention and Trees, ensuring Roberts' ongoing connection with the past.
  6. Mojo
    Feb 23, 2017
    80
    Parlay music that while irrefutably folk, gleefully shoves aside traditionalist tropes in favour of a buoyant, full-bodied combo sound, that, passingly, recalls prime Fairport Convention while proffering a beguilingly mellifluous identity of its own. [Apr 2017, p.98]
  7. Uncut
    Feb 23, 2017
    80
    A set which is at times whimsical, and frequently dark--sometimes managing to combine these sensations. [Apr 2017, p.39]
  8. Feb 23, 2017
    80
    Peculiar and ultimately charming, Pangs is another high caliber entry in Roberts' dependably creative catalog.
  9. Feb 24, 2017
    70
    Though it's not quite perfect--some songs wear out their welcome before they finish--this album is written and arranged in a sonically and lyrically engaging way, and will surely excite the faithful, even if it fails to convert fence-sitters.

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