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  • Summary: The fifth full-length studio release from Detroit punk/hardcore collective The Armed was mixed by Alan Moulder and features contributions from Eric Avery, Julien Baker, Mark Guiliana, Josh Klinghoffer, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stephen Perkins, Patrick Shiroishi, Sarah Tudzin, and Troy Van Leeuwen.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. 90
    The collective's return gleams with ambition. Packing the same ferocity and awe of a firework display with ebullient lighter moments shaded with synth flourishes, and rapturously prototypical loud darker ones which apprehend and shake you to the core.
  2. Aug 25, 2023
    90
    The Armed get down to business, delivering a volley of potent noise-punk rockers ("FKA World," "Clone," "Everything's Glitter") that temper their myriad technical complexities with sugary, boot-stomping melodies.
  3. Sep 12, 2023
    90
    What ‘Perfect Saviors’ succeeds in, however, it exploding those aspects ever outwards, renewing The Armed and emboldening their most ambitious, rewarding album to date.
  4. Aug 25, 2023
    78
    Perfect Saviors excels in a more conventional sport of measure, expanding the physical capabilities of radio rock just a few degrees beyond the previously acceptable standard.
  5. The Wire
    Sep 6, 2023
    70
    A perfectly pleasant pop record that at its best recalls the likes of Glassjaw (“FKA World”) and Hurl. [Oct 2023, p.56]
  6. Aug 28, 2023
    70
    This is a good album, even if they’re not quite great yet.
  7. Aug 24, 2023
    60
    The 12 tracks here—which veer from pretty hooks and acoustic guitar to blast beats—linger in an in-between space that doesn’t fully embrace either noise or pop.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Aug 25, 2023
    10
    WORLDS GREATEST BAND

    This album is excelent from top to bottom, with super catchy tracks like Everything's Glitter. To the dramatic and
    WORLDS GREATEST BAND

    This album is excelent from top to bottom, with super catchy tracks like Everything's Glitter. To the dramatic and introspective Sport of Form. This is truly one of last rock bands pushing the boundaries of what is possible in a long dead genre. Their live shows are nothing short of pure energy.

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