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  • Summary: The follow-up to 2015's Vol. 1 for the Montreal band was from the same recorded session as the previous album.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Jul 21, 2017
    80
    The Dears handle such disparate moods, genre fluidity and instrumental complexity with an architect’s precision.
  2. Jul 14, 2017
    80
    Though the fanfare surrounding the band may have dwindled slightly, the heartfelt emotion they deliver has not.
  3. Jul 18, 2017
    74
    Despite suffering from a steady ebb and flow of musical contributors over the course of their collective career, the music still taps into a cinematic style, turning songs such as “1998” and “All the Hail Marys” into narratives full of arched drama and concerted deliberation.
  4. Jul 14, 2017
    70
    If this isn't quite as strong an offering as Vol. 1, which seems to have received a better set of songs, in terms of performances and the group's sonic signature, this is a strong piece of work that reminds listeners that the Dears have few peers on the Montreal music scene.
  5. Jul 25, 2017
    70
    Though the album’s lyrics are occasionally vague, the moments of specificity induce raised eyebrows.
  6. Mojo
    Jul 14, 2017
    60
    It's a highly-strung record--tiringly so sometimes--but The Dears walk its emotional tightrope with an acrobat's grace. [Aug 2017, p.93]
  7. Jul 14, 2017
    33
    Throughout, the album is marred by dated, slathered-on digital effects or chintzy, ’70s romantic drama synth-strings, or laden with clunky refrains.
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