- Record Label: Vagrant
- Release Date: Mar 19, 2013
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 6, 2013BRMC have transcended a past that was extremely full of the past and arrived in the present. [Apr 2013, p.93]
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May 17, 2013There's no real transformation here, but given the subject matter, the band sounds especially urgent, even for BRMC.
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Apr 25, 2013Melancholy pervades the dreamy "Fire Walker" and "Returning," while creeping darkness duels with a dramatic chorus on "Funny Games."
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Mar 25, 2013With the exception of the more melodious tracks coming in pairs and slightly hindering the flow of an otherwise excellent album, Specter at the Feast is a very good effort from BRMC, and an example of the continued revitalization that started sometime around Leah Shapiro’s arrival to the band in 2008.
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Mar 21, 2013Balancing the intense with the delicate, BRMC’s Specter showcases the marvelous feat that music can bandage even the deepest of wounds.
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Mar 20, 2013Clocking in at just under an hour, its occasionally harrowing contents rendering it an uneasy listen, maybe if BRMC had taken a leaner approach Specter... may have ended up on a few more commercial radars.
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Mar 19, 2013There are ponderous moments later on, like the uninspired ‘Teenage Disease’, but this is a band who’ve found a second wind.
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Mar 19, 2013Reacting to what life has given them has made Black Rebel Motorcycle Club a better band on Specter at the Feast, and we can hope that this change will stick.
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Mar 19, 2013Poignant yet triumphant and joyful in tone, the cover [Call's "Let the Day Begin"], as with all of Specter at the Feast, stands as both a heartfelt tribute to their bandmate and a rallying cry for moving forward.
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Mar 18, 2013The album certainly finds the fiery BRMC of old rekindled, with the band wisely applying the lessons they’ve learned over the years to fortify their bold but familiar sound that, while not approaching a reinvention by any means, at least represents a definite rebirth.
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Mar 14, 2013The dreamy eight-minute finale, Lose Yourself, is a kind of coming-to-terms hymn--a satisfying ending to a fine record.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 2 out of 21
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