• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Jun 21, 2019
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
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  1. Jul 30, 2019
    85
    An Obelisk is fast, rugged fun. Blues dirge for your rocking chair ("My Body and Me"), vocal harmonies ("The Lion Inside"), and almost funk ("Within the Gravitation").
  2. Jul 3, 2019
    75
    An Obelisk is not quite as statuesque as it wants to be, though it does demonstrate the band’s ethos in a tightly-wound package, and is a solid addition to a repertoire that continues to make a Titus Andronicus release unmissable.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2019
    60
    There 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]