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It’s the band’s throatiest, most pressing and urgent release to date.
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This is not an easy record to absorb. The band’s rough-hewn production is tinny and sonically chaotic, but underneath the surface noise lurks one of the finest records of the year.
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FilterThe band has seized upon that sloshy saunter that we love and turned it into an elaborate dance. [#20, p.94]
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A set of rousing, sharply focused, late-night pleas and barroom romps that take the group well beyond its garage roots.
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An album that's more like the Walkmen's concerts than the meticulously crafted sound of their other albums.
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The songs are still full of lush guitars and dense, clattering percussion, but offer the added bonus of being more grandiose and emotional.
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Alternative PressA Hundred Miles Off is nearly 100-percent on. [Jul 2006, p.204]
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Despite all the palpable influences, the Walkmen have made this album their own.
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The Walkmen haven't changed much since B&A... but they've honed their nervy talent chiseling lines of post-punk history.
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The Walkmen careen through 12 songs that frequently devolve into sound-swallowing echo and boozy bellow, until the whole album becomes one long, moody abstraction.
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The concentrated unity of form and content that elevated sterling sophomore effort Bows & Arrows has been replaced by a footloose approach to songwriting and style that fails to mesh.
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Overall, A Hundred Miles Off is less intense than one may expect; there is no "The Rat" on this record.
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While this most recent release does not equal the shimmering weight of Bows and Arrows, it has more than enough potency to stand on its own.
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Reveal[s] an unexpectedly lilting and rootsy side to its sound and a growing facility for evocative storytelling lyrics.
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MojoGive it time and you'll be rewarded. [Oct 2006, p.102]
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UncutAlthough A Hundred Miles Off doesn't always score a bullseye, its vibrancy and colour win through. [Oct 2006, p.133]
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Despite occasional flashes of inspiration, much of the record blends together into a whole that is somehow much less than the sum of its parts; the ingredients are colorful, but the end result is disappointingly dull.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 40
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Mixed: 5 out of 40
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JanV.Jul 25, 2007
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CarolineDec 21, 2006A huge disappointment. This album is messy, rambling, and lacks the characteristic charm of The Walkmen.
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mattr.Aug 13, 2006