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Nov 16, 2022It feels refreshing, and like a bunch of really good mates have got together to share their experiences with the world. L.S. Dunes could well change the tide on all things post-hardcore.
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Nov 15, 2022This is an album that grows in grandeur with each listen, layers unravelling with every replay.
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Nov 15, 2022Past Lives isn't exactly full of surprises, but it doesn't need to be to succeed as a mission statement for a new band who seem to be around to stay, if rumours of new material brewing are any indication. Every member of L.S. Dunes is in their element even after respective years of being legends in the genre.
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Nov 29, 2022L.S. Dunes' defiant, topical, and anthemic sound draws from a wide array of punk and hardcore subgenres.
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MojoDec 19, 2022The sheer relentlessness dilutes that thrill factor, but there are shades, notably on the stately opener 2022 and the closing Sleep Cult. [Feb 2023, p.91]
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 15, 2022Past Lives is a wilfully uncommercial record, made for the sheer love of the tight-knit scene that spawned them. [Dec 2022, p.74]
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Nov 15, 2022The frustrating thing about Past Lives is that it simply sounds like good music. It is not bigger or smaller than the sum of its parts – it’s exactly that. The members got the recipe just right, but it doesn’t leave much of an aftertaste.