The Red Thread - Arab Strap
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  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
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  1. Village Voice
    90
    Arab Strap mix the stoic, set-permanently-at-dawn folk whispers of last year's Elephant Shoe with the beat-friendly sense of their best early singles: "The First Big Weekend," "(Afternoon) Soaps," "Cherubs." The music sheds its amateur charm for the sound of a band in control of its art and its drum machines.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Arab Strap's gradual refinements have hit a peak, but don't expect anything new. Slithery programmed beats, tingly guitars, plodding rhythms, and whispered/warbled sing-speak lead the way yet again, with occasional piano licks and strings thrown in for very good atmospheric measure.
  3. Almost Cool
    80
    Probably now their most accessible album, as they change things up a lot more than they have with past releases, implementing different sounds in nearly every track.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    This is largely Arab Strap on familiar ground: filmic guitar atmospherics backing an extended bout of post-coital melancholy.

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  1. PoPeR
    10
    Incredible musical landscapes, great!

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