The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left
by Future of the Left
Metascore
82

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. Drowned In Sound
    Apr 11, 2016
    90
    With one less guitarist, bass lines lie exposed more often than before; the riffs that should sheath them are scorched, ripped, patched. Even without reading into the lyrics, songs like 'Running All Over the Wicket' stab with enough Melvins-ish menace to draw blood. And where other albums offered some reprieve from the violence (like 'City of Exploded Children' or 'French Lessons'), there’s no rest in sight here.
  2. Record Collector
    Apr 22, 2016
    80
    The lyrics are--as ever--a highlight.
  3. AllMusic
    Apr 20, 2016
    80
    The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left is one of their most roaring dissents against the increasingly frustrating state of the world in the 2010s. Of course, this band is angry even when it isn't fashionable, but even so, this is some of their most cathartic music in a while.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Apr 14, 2016
    80
    It might not be FOTL’s most accessible album, but The Peace And Truce is perhaps their most rewarding. Once those rough edges have been understood and accepted, Falkous’ cryptic lyrics are an endless source of mirth and puzzlement. There’s depth here, and it’s not just in Ruzick’s bass lines.
  6. Q Magazine
    Apr 8, 2016
    80
    The results is unusually heavy, even by FOTL standards. [May 2016, p.108]
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  7. The Skinny
    Apr 8, 2016
    80
    As ever, the potent gallows humour of The Peace And Truce... derives not from flaneur-ish observation, but from direct experience.
  8. DIY Magazine
    Apr 8, 2016
    80
    Yhis is a band tight enough and confident enough to know they can take anything, and anybody, on.
  9. Consequence
    Apr 8, 2016
    75
    Falkous and his mates also keep the musicality lean, groovy, and (mostly) accessible throughout Peace & Truce.
  10. The 405
    Apr 8, 2016
    75
    The Peace and Truce of Future of the Left is a dark and dynamic listen that's relentless in both its content and its approach, which makes it really quite gripping.
  11. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 13, 2016
    70
    This album finds them surrounded by squelching basslines, scattershott guitars and pop-eyed vocals, and it's brilliant.

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. wobbly
    Apr 9, 2016
    10
    Andy, Andy, Andy,

    What have you gone and done? You are the only other person in the world who is also clearly a genius. Unfortunately,    Andy, Andy, Andy,

    What have you gone and done? You are the only other person in the world who is also clearly a genius. Unfortunately, only one can survive, and hence I am coming to Cardiff in September to give you and your scaly mates a good walloping with my cat's plastic chicken.

    Regards
    Your Man in the Colonies    … Full Review »
  2. monkeysloveme
    Nov 13, 2020
    9
    boom!!! an absolute beast of an album, very very close to perfection which they did achieve with Curses! but sadly not quite here
  3. slimisms
    Apr 17, 2016
    10
    Ooooff! What an album. So tight! Quite possibly the bassiest album of the year. It absolutely rumbles on for the entire 38 minutes withoutOoooff! What an album. So tight! Quite possibly the bassiest album of the year. It absolutely rumbles on for the entire 38 minutes without letting up. The grateful **** have truly been served.… Full Review »
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