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Feb 20, 2014Ostensibly an album about finding hope and navigating through the pathways of solace, Augustines is a shimmering, first-rate slice of pensive and passionate indie-rock.
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Classic Rock MagazineFeb 4, 2014This is bigger, bolder, and better in every respect. [Mar 2014, p.97]
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Feb 4, 2014Augustines is a record that was born to run, taking hearts along with it as it goes, and is, to these ears, one of the great rock records of recent years.
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Feb 4, 2014Augustines has always been capable of creating rousing songs, but this is an album full of them, and it never once feels too much or overstated.
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Feb 13, 2014Whilst the narrative of Rise Ye Sunken Ships is gone, there is still a mood arc that runs through Augustines.
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Kerrang!Feb 12, 2014It resonates as the work of a band with the chops to translate thoughtful material into a powerful and purposeful force. [1 Feb 2014, p.53]
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Feb 7, 2014It all combines to form a truly sublime album of heart-wrenching, heart-warming beauty.
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UncutMar 7, 2014After years of striving, makes Augustines a band that now sound energised by palpable relief. [Apr 2014, p.69]
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Feb 4, 2014This time, with their newest album, the band seem to want to give something back, and whilst obviously somewhat dark at moments, it comes loaded with joyous and celebratory sounds.
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Feb 4, 2014As a self-conscious play for stadium-rock ascension, it may prove successful. As a successor to one of the most honest and affecting debuts of recent years, however, it feels a little empty.
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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2014While this maximalist approach might conceivably work well live, on record it often feels overblown, overwhelming and ultimately exhausting. [Mar 2014, p.108]
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Positive: 2 out of 4
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Mixed: 2 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Oct 22, 2015