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Mar 5, 2024There’s a fine line between using a formula and sticking to it, and it’s the smart way in which Sheer Mag do the former that makes ‘Playing Favorites’ so enthralling.
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Mar 4, 2024With Playing Favorites, Sheer Mag have made an excellent rock & roll album, and yes, sometimes that is all you need.
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Mar 1, 2024That tension between fun and miserable is perfect for love songs, and the ones on Playing Favorites revel in it.
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Mar 6, 2024When Sheer Mag is on, they’re turned up to 11. Playing Favorites proves that joy can show up defiantly, wearing a sleeveless denim vest, and sometimes, a rollicking good time is the glue holding our hearts together.
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Mar 19, 2024True to its title, Playing Favorites is still, despite the varied palette, obviously a Sheer Mag album and not without its share of more or less straightforward, beat-up-leather-jacket rockers. More or less, because even these often push the band’s sonic parameters.
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Mar 19, 2024Simply put, Playing Favorites is their best work yet.
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Feb 29, 2024Even at its most melodious, Playing Favorites still sounds fierce and raw, an object lesson in altering your sound without losing your essence.
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MojoFeb 27, 2024In just any universe, Playing Favorites would dominate the world's FM stations for two years straight. [Apr 2024, p.84]
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UncutFeb 27, 2024At times Sheer Mag are miraculous pop hustlers, still pulling off the most absurd trick shots on the scuffed three yards of stained green baize. Which isn't to say that they're not above a little experiment. [Mar 2024, p.22]
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Feb 27, 2024Playing Favorites proves that Sheer Mag can show off their softer underbelly just as skillfully as they do their fangs.
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Mar 7, 2024What’s largely great about Playing Favorites is just how FUN it is, a rambunctious rock ‘n’ roll record with a big heart and a smart mouth.
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Classic Rock MagazineMar 29, 2024Playing Favorites lacks the career-defining standout that will catapult them into a bigger league, and sometimes the whole is less than the sum of its intriguing parts. They're well on their way, tough. [May 2024, p.73]
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Mar 7, 2024As usual, the feeling of her vocals is more compelling than its literal meaning. These opening songs are strong enough. .... However, by the time we get to these songs towards the end of the album, the fatigue of listening to familiar riffs and howls starts to set in. Playing Favorites is at its best right in the middle.
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