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Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Alternative Press
    Apr 30, 2013
    90
    Sister Faith is rich with engaging depth and an inventive accessibility that should put the band on the radar of independent music lovers everywhere. [May 2013, p.88]
  2. Apr 30, 2013
    83
    It’s clear Patterson put a lot of thought into Sister Faith, but a looser hand on the reins might have allowed for a more precarious, thrillingly unstable balance between post-hardcore and the world beyond.
  3. Kerrang!
    May 17, 2013
    80
    This is the sound of Coliseum growing up without getting old and boring. [27 Apr 2013, p.54]
  4. May 1, 2013
    80
    With Sister Faith, their fourth album in nine years, Coliseum offers up its most palatable set of tunes yet, a continuation of the dirty-pop paradigms set in place by 2010’s House With A Curse, and the Parasites EP released the following year.
  5. May 1, 2013
    80
    Sister Faith radiates right from the first listen, and this record has picked up where House with a Curse left off back in 2010.
  6. Apr 30, 2013
    80
    What's really impressive, though, isn't that the band can do spacious or aggressive or psychedelic, it's that they can somehow find a way to cram it all into one album and make it work without feeling muddled or diminished in any way.
  7. May 30, 2013
    78
    Metallic hardcore still gallops in short, sharp, steely blasts on a pair of two-minute openers, but Nineties grunge-dripping Seaweed now coats Ryan Patterson's punk heroes.
  8. Apr 30, 2013
    78
    Sister Faith may not be entirely consistent, yet in the long run it proves way more heartfelt and genuinely bruised than a typical hardcore punk offering.
  9. Apr 30, 2013
    75
    At times, these songs go on for a bit too long. A bigger obstacle is their lack of variety. But ultimately, these complaints are for an album packed with huge hooks, which all sound great when you play them really loud.
  10. 70
    A surprisingly fun album in Sister Faith, in which Coliseum channel their metal past while creating their punk present.

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