Radio Wars - Howling Bells
User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11

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  1. davew
    Mar 10, 2009
    10
    A stunning second album that presses all the emotional buttons plenty hard enough to have a strong impact.
  2. FredR.
    Jul 28, 2009
    6
    Saw them open for Snow Patrol and Coldplay in Vancouver and they were excellent. This album is very disappointing compared to their live set. The band rocks much harder and is edgier live.
  3. AJTF
    Jul 29, 2009
    5
    There's already one Metric.
  4. Roberts
    Jul 30, 2009
    5
    Not half as good as their debut album. Adequate but forgettable.
  5. ScottC
    Apr 27, 2009
    5
    Disappointing after such an impressive debut. The sound they defined on that first effort has gone missing and if it wasn't for 'Into The Chaos', which is a brilliant track, I'd rate this lower considering the standard they've set themselves.
  6. jamesa
    May 10, 2009
    10
    F*cking stunning.... more people need to HEAR for themselves.
  7. HalT
    May 1, 2009
    10
    Spectacular follow-up to their debut album.

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Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Hot Press
    80
    A gorgeous, swoonsome album that electrifies and stimulates in all the right places.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    40
    Musically, it's all mid-tempo indie-by-numbers, shimmery enough to accompany an scene of upbeat emotion in Dawson's Creek; yet sufficiently credible, as indie so often is, to provide the soundtrack to a montage of trailers in an advert for a new Film 4 season.
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  3. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    They hail from sunny Sydney, but this solid second set cements the Bells firmly in rock's melancholia tradition, echoing the Bunnymen and Tindersticks.
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