- Record Label: Entertainment One Music
- Release Date: Jul 12, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011Arrows and Anchors is a masterpiece. It takes the wonder of El Cielo, mixes it with the heavy prog of Tool, and goes all [insert Mike Patton project here] in its weirdness.
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Jul 26, 2011Its hidden nuances become more apparent with each listen, and it's this replay value that is Fair to Midland's greatest strength.
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Jul 26, 2011The beauty of their sound is its unpredictability: fragments of rock, metal, folk, punk and pop collide and smash, creating Frankenstein monsters that spark into life and chase you down. And they've never sounded more convincing than this.
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Jul 26, 2011This restless Texas prog-metal outfit, best known as the former protégés of Serj Tankian (and the best Tool-aping act since Chevelle), have yet to make an epic game-changer of an album, but Arrows & Anchors, their fourth, comes close.
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Jul 26, 2011For all the musical adventure and the growth it reflects, Arrows & Anchors is Fair to Midland's finest effort to date.
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Jul 26, 2011There's always been a heavier influence in the band's music, but on Arrows & Anchors, their ambitious desires to step outside the genre box often get bogged down in a sea of down-tuned guitar and maudlin lyrics.
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Kerrang!Aug 9, 2011Flat, uninspired riffs dressed up in pointless electronics and presided by the watery wailing of Darroh Sudderth. [30 Jul 2011, p.51]
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