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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. 85
    The Glow isn’t just another album in the band’s discography. It sounds like a coming of age, an album that is limitless in its imagination and one that defies genre limitations.
  2. A bold step forward that sees DMA’s coming into their own, it’s a two-fingered salute to anyone that sneers at the idea of trying something new.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 8, 2020
    80
    DMA's aspirations here are elite-class: Life Is A Game Of Changing channels New Order circa Republic, while Silver evokes peak-period Verve's reassuringly expensive shuffle. [Aug 2020, p.107]
  4. Jul 8, 2020
    80
    Stimulating, surprising and supreme, ‘The Glow’ is a remarkable outcome, a place where guitars receive as warm a reception as sequencing, drum looping and synths.
  5. Jul 23, 2020
    70
    They're still mockingbirds, but what once felt derivative is now inching closer to vital.
  6. Jul 10, 2020
    70
    On the evidence of The Glow, DMA’s are more than ready to stand on their own feet, with a sell-out show at the Brixton Academy having already confirmed. Welcome to the party.
  7. Uncut
    Jul 8, 2020
    70
    DMA's showcase their ever-evolving chops as they continue to appropriate the sounds of '90s/early Y2K bands such as Oasis, Stone Roses and Doves. [Aug 2020, p.29]
  8. Jul 8, 2020
    70
    For such a specific formula, the law of diminishing returns likely looms, if it hasn't arrived already, but for now, The Glow is just enough of a good thing.
  9. Jul 10, 2020
    50
    The Glow has some pretty good songs trying to peek out of the morass.
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Aug 30, 2020
    9
    Worthies (10/11):
    - Never Before
    - The Glow - Silver - Life Is a Game of Changing - Criminals - Strangers - Hello Girlfriend -
    Worthies (10/11):
    - Never Before
    - The Glow
    - Silver
    - Life Is a Game of Changing
    - Criminals
    - Strangers
    - Hello Girlfriend
    - Appointment
    - Round & Around
    - Cobracaine
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  2. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Perfect! love the new sound and diversity! great songwriting! anthems that will make you laugh cry think and get emotional