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The Brutalist Bricks - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
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  • Summary: The Ted Leo-led rock band moves to Matador Records for its sixth album.

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  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
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  1. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    91
    The Brutalist Bricks sounds nothing like that at all. Ted Leo is still very much in his prime, and Bricks is as relevant (and as great) a record as you'll hear in 2010.
  2. The A.V. Club
    83
    The Brutalist Bricks is just as much a stirring, personal response to the times as the early Pharmacists albums. There's a back-to-basics, making-sense-of-the-world vibe about the record, and Leo's blend of the personal and political is often touching.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    One of these days, they're going to produce a masterpiece, but The Brutalist Bricks has too many soft spots to be it. [Winter 2010, p.64]
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  1. TomP.
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    It's solid, with very few weak spots. Much more seamless than the jack-of-all-trades Living with the Living from 2007. Many, many solid listens here.… Expand
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