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- Summary: This is the first full-length studio release for indie rock band Archers Of Loaf since 1998's White Trash Heroes.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Oct 21, 2022It is a vital addition to an impressive catalogue from a group who deserve your attention.
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Oct 21, 2022It’s a tough, heartfelt record that marries hard-edged, emotionally complex lyrics to skyscraping sounds and delivers a thrilling, vital whole. These feel like the perfect anthems for our times, the past be damned.
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Oct 21, 2022It’s the fuzzy sound of a band unconcerned with the past, ignoring their legacy and responding to a new, darker reality.
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MojoNov 15, 2022Amid these epic soundtracks of rage and empathy, the legend of the Loaf lives again. [Jan 2023, p.86]
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Nov 1, 2022Reason in Decline doesn’t pose. Instead, these 10 tightly coiled songs rightfully treat those former concerns—bitter character studies of lovers and townies, jilted analyses of the overcrowded underground—like Clinton-era trifles, conflicts of no consequence in a time of autocrats and prospective apocalypse.
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Oct 26, 2022It’s a new Loaf album, with varied rock gems that will fit snugly into live setlists and even get those old fans to sing along. It’s one of those rare reunion albums that satisfies a need, even if it doesn’t land as hard as some may have hoped.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 21, 2022This is a return they can be proud of. [Nov 2022, p.70]
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