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Sep 17, 2014Look into this Encyclopedia and you'll find The Drums defining themselves for now and forever. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.75]
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Sep 17, 2014Encyclopedia might not be a record to soundtrack cheery bank holiday getaways, but it provides enough counter-attack to its own bleakness that it's not an inherently malicious listen (although it does have its moments).
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Sep 23, 2014Despite the occasionally rote nature of Encyclopedia, you can never doubt for a second that the emotions underpinning every word and every note are genuine.
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Sep 23, 2014While Encyclopedia has some redeeming moments, it ultimately mirrors this complex in its many wavelengths.
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MojoNov 7, 2014A strand of misanthropy and musical bloody-mindedness makes for an uneven listen and feels like a band in transition. [Nov 2014, p.98]
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014The model can work successfully--There IS Nothing Left recalls a sunnier, more sugary take on '80s Cure, for example--but elsewhere songs would benefit from editing. [Nov 2014, p.111]
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Sep 22, 2014On the whole Encyclopedia is a bit of a misanthropic drag.
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Sep 22, 2014Their first new music in three years, is a cohesive listen.
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Sep 22, 2014Encyclopedia finds the Drums throwing everything at the wall, seeing what sticks, and then releasing the results as an album.
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Sep 30, 2014The Drums are at least halfway to amassing a pretty great singles comp--they just can’t really call it a Greatest Hits.
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Sep 17, 2014Encylopedia is an album that will be either loved or hated; there is little in-between as the narrow line separating catchiness from irritation shrinks to a hair’s width.
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Sep 19, 2014The Drums have had some personnel changes and are possibly re-finding their feet here, but Encyclopedia sees them badly tangled.
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Sep 17, 2014Encyclopedia is the sound of The Drums trying to find their feet once again, an endeavour not yet fully accomplished.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 3 out of 25
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Negative: 3 out of 25
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