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- Summary: The 11th full-length studio release for British rock band The Cult was produced by Tom Dalgety.
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- Record Label: Round Hill
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Oct 7, 2022This is a good record mostly because the two men at the heart of it all sound like they’re actually enjoying being The Cult again.
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Oct 7, 2022Under The Midnight Sun invests those primal energies with the wisdom of age, creating something fresh and powerful. [Nov 2022, p.85]
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Oct 7, 2022The album shows The Cult taking their musicality, sonic tricks and experience to a new place, still retaining their identity, and this can only be a good thing.
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Oct 7, 2022Too many of these melodies are similar enough that they're indistinguishable from one another. On balance, jams such as "Outer Heaven," "Impermanence," and "Vendetta X" solidly reveal that this band still has plenty of creative dazzle left in the tank.
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Oct 7, 2022On the pulsing, electronic slither of Vendetta X, on which Astbury speaks menacingly of “sucking on a dirty blade”, it’s closer to his work with Unkle than stadium rock. In these moments, and on the glorious, closing title-track, Under The Midnight Sun is brilliant. For much of its second half, however, its magic doesn’t catch quite so well.
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Oct 17, 2022Under the Midnight Sun sits somewhere below their most essential albums while looking down on their more awkward moments.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jan 6, 2023This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 29, 2022
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