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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. Sep 26, 2016
    2
    Wow, what a disappointment. Everything that I liked about Dawes has disappeared in one stroke. One of my favorite groups has gone the way of Band of Horses, Avett Brothers, and Kings of Leon.
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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Magnet
    Nov 16, 2016
    50
    Too frequently, though, the new material doesn't have the constitution to withstand the heavy hand of producer and former Dawes guitarist Blake Mills. [No. 137, p.55]
  2. Oct 4, 2016
    60
    For all their quality on paper in terms of instrumental skill and stylistic infusions, the tracks never really seem to get going. Dawes are faced with the facts that innovation is all well and good, but this doesn’t mean that the listener will buy into it.
  3. Uncut
    Sep 23, 2016
    80
    [Producer Blake Mills] deftly applied his gift for song-serving ornamentation and transformed sluggish Dawes into an aggressively inventive band. [Nov 2016, p.26]