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Q MagazineJul 2, 2019There are curveballs along the way--an unexpected bagpipe riff on Hey Ma, for instance--but largely this is a fast, furious record that sounds startlingly vital in these worrisome times. [Aug 2019, p.116]
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Jun 21, 2019If you’re partial to a bit of blue-collar punk, this is likely to be right up your street.
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Jun 19, 2019An Obelisk is by no means a bad record. Each of its songs are solid if not spectacular, and Stickles’ lyrics are always interesting, but as an album it is let down by a lack of variety. You’re left thinking that there’s probably a single great album to be made out of their last two records.
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Jun 18, 2019With so many flat, unoriginal riffs and unmemorable choruses, there’s just not enough meat here to reward that approach, and despite its unrelenting volume, An Obelisk just feels empty without the wide-ranging dynamics and ambitious arrangements that have, until now, defined Titus Andronicus’s music.
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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Dec 7, 2019
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Jun 21, 2019Mission accomplished! Born to bruise. Everyone's a critic but most people love guitar solos