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Oct 25, 2011It's sure the right course correction for guys who've always fetishized the eternal old-timey more than any band from goddamn Providence should.
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MagnetNov 15, 2011Though Deer Tick has moonlighted as a Nirvana tribute band, it's the group's love for the Replacements that shines on Divine Providence. [#82, p. 55]
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Oct 31, 2011Deer Tick shows off a level of versatility on Divine Providence, making for a record that will please long-time fans and newcomers alike.
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UncutOct 25, 2011It's all served with such a knowing grin that you can't help but love it. [Nov 2011, p.96]
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Oct 24, 2011It's a freewheelin' LP that features all of what we've come to know and love about Deer Tick without feeling like a rehash.
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Oct 21, 2011Divine Providence, music that the Creator Himself may have sent, is the best, funniest, most detailed, thrilling blast of rock and roll since The Hold Steady's Boys And Girls In America.
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Oct 25, 2011Deer Tick's members act like kids, but Divine Providence is best when they sound like full-grown men.
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Oct 26, 2011The Providence-based outfit delivers another terrific effort.
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Mar 30, 2012As it is, Divine Providence is very good rather than truly great.
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Mar 22, 2012Setters of trends, they will not be, with this offering. Providers of mindless, chaotic R&R, they most certainly can be.
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Oct 31, 2011Divine Providence is the group's best album to date, but doesn't necessarily have its best songs to date.
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Oct 25, 2011On a set of howling rockers, frontman John McCauley pulls a genre jailbreak as impressive as the time that Ryan Adams ditched Whiskeytown to pledge his love for Morrissey and electric Dylan.
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Oct 24, 2011Their loosest, wildest, and most honest collection of Saturday night/Sunday morning pining/drinking songs to date.
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Oct 24, 2011Maybe it's the contrast, but the album's cooler-headed and more sentimental songs also thrive in this mess.
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Oct 21, 2011Divine Providence is the Deer Tick we've always known was behind the chugging, 90 proof country rock.
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Nov 4, 2011Divine Providence is not an album of high art or music morality. It's not going to change young, aspiring artists. In fact, it might even bore some longtime Deer Tick fans with its lack of musical exploration.
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Under The RadarNov 2, 2011Their purported badassery falls short. [Oct 2011, p.108]
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Oct 28, 2011Divine Providence apparently isn't a realm for the faint of heart, but those with the verve to vent their all may find it a welcome retreat.
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Oct 25, 2011Deer Tick lacks the discipline not to attack the latter like a barnburner, as well as to fill every inch of its 75-plus minutes like Wilco did.
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Oct 27, 2011Deer Tick try to score points simply by sounding like they could drink all those bands under the table, and the self-absorbed and even downright hateful Divine Providence ends up drinking at you, not with you.
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Oct 21, 2011Folks, to my ultimate chagrin, this Divine Providence album wallows in such unencumbered, unmoving crap-it breaks my fucking heart.
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