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Jun 12, 2014The compositions and the lyrics are strong, while the guys feel like they had a lot of fun recording.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 6, 2013Concise, clever and at war with everything from alienation to greed and loss, it's a rallying cry in a world that's lost its voice. [Mar 2013, p.97]
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Jun 4, 2013There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with the Lemonheads-style chug of the remainder, though it plants its flag firmly in the same sonic terrain they occupied during 2010’s The Dissent Of Man.
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Feb 11, 2013True North is another solid addition to a formidable canon.
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Feb 11, 2013It's easily the band's best release in the last 10 years, and with time it will garner more appreciation in the overall catalog.
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Feb 7, 2013The 16 tracks sound similar after repeat listens, but if you think time has mellowed the band, guess again.
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Feb 1, 2013True North is a decent album, but one with no real standout tracks.
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Kerrang!Jan 29, 2013As with all of Bad Religion's albums, True North is music played in glorious technicolour. [12 Jan 2013, p.53]
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Jan 25, 2013True North is another solid addition to the Bad Religion repertoire, even if it integrates itself a little too well to stand apart from the pack.
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Jan 25, 2013True North shows flashes of their earlier work, and is a step up from their last album, 2010's The Dissent of Man, in terms of aggression.
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Jan 25, 2013On their 16th(!) full-length, True North, the group's highly evolved savoir-faire proves their greatest asset.
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Q MagazineJan 24, 2013While there are few surprises, there is much to enjoy. [Feb 2013, p.101]
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Jan 23, 2013While it's true that listeners looking for a more rounded rock record may come away feeling a little bludgeoned, the more important point is that for those along for the ride, time has done nothing to dull Graffin and Gurewitz's songwriting abilities.
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Jan 22, 2013True North (their 16th LP) lacks the visceral power and focused sense of purpose their trio of post-Epitaph return albums had, the band nevertheless sound unwilling to go gently into that good night.
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Jan 22, 2013Bad Religion shaves its anti-establishment messages down to bare essentials and sounds practically feral.
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Jan 22, 2013True North manages to navigate the fine line between philosophy and personal politics, a restraint that Bad Religion only rarely nails so evocatively.
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UncutJan 18, 2013The band excel at giving fans perfectly plotted two-minute bursts of disgust and attrition, epitomised by the splendidly immature, "F*** You." [Feb 2013, p.69]
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MojoJan 18, 2013Bad Religion see no reason to mess with the formula. [Feb 2013, p.98]
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Jan 18, 2013With its high-minded lyrical concerns, its family-sized choruses and its authors' buoyant pursuit of what, in lesser hands, could be a restrictive musical form, True North is a superior addition to Bad Religion's already towering body of work.
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Jan 18, 2013True North, with its concise (only one song breaks the three minute barrier) bursts of dissatisfaction and alienation, includes some of the strongest, most focused material that the band have recorded in many years.
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Alternative PressJan 18, 2013True North is an engaging return to form. [Feb 2013, p.88]
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