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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Philadelphia indie rock band led by Adam Granduciel is its first on the Atlantic label.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Holding On | |
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Once I was alive and I could feel I was holding on to you And I redefined the way I looked at dawn inside of you I went down a crooked highway I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 33
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Mixed: 7 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Aug 25, 2017With much higher expectations weighing on the band, it’s produced a successor that shines up and builds on that breakthrough in every way.
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Aug 25, 2017It’s the impossible sweep and grandeur of the music that tells the real story, of how a rush of sound can take us somewhere we can’t explain.
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Aug 18, 2017Instead of trying to recreate the heightened catharsis of Lost In The Dream, A Deeper Understanding suggests a viable path forward from that turning point, a journey blown out to widescreen proportions that breathes new life into a familiar sound.
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UncutAug 1, 2017The results is some of the richest, most compelling and least lonely-sounding music of Granduciel's career. [Sep 2017, p.24]
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Aug 21, 2017A Deeper Understanding represents another step forward for the War on Drugs, and is among their most ambitious, consistent, and emotionally searing works yet.
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Aug 24, 2017A big, bold sound isn't a bad thing, but the fact that this album is a little less engrossing than the band's past efforts shows that the most interesting thing about the War on Drugs' music isn't the way they channel their rock influences, but the way they subvert them.
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MojoAug 1, 2017A Deeper Understanding is exhilarating in places, but perhaps inevitably, give n it's long and convoluted gestation, it can at times feel like it's trying too hard. [Sep 2017, p.90]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Oct 16, 2017
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Mar 17, 2018
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Sep 14, 2019Just perfect. .
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Sep 5, 2017
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Aug 26, 2017
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Feb 18, 2022
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