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Jul 21, 2014La Petite Mort is a quality release and a welcome return for a band that refuses to sit down.
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Jun 17, 2014The album’s probably better than expected, so it’s somewhat of a disappointment that the band haven’t been encouraged to recreate their main strength, the brilliant electricity generated by pulsating live shows as their music builds into euphoric peaks; too often, the production strips away the potential majesty.
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UncutJun 17, 2014Producer Max Dingel fashions a crystal clear sound, full but never overblown, bringing an attractive universality to some very personal emotions. [Jun 2014, p.79]
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Sep 5, 2014La Petite Mort may not be the groundbreaker, but it's definitely a treat. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.76]
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MojoJul 24, 2014This is a resolutely up record, for the most part. [Jul 2014, p.92]
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Jul 9, 2014They found new ways to get to the drama and even paused along the way for some subtlety. You won’t find such traits on La Petite Mort. And although it resulted in a good James album, something tells me that they probably won’t be able to get away with this again.
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Q MagazineJun 17, 2014Solid but somewhat samey. [Jul 2014, p.109]
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Jun 17, 2014“Bitter Virtue” pursues a familiar James theme--condemnation of repressive moralities--but elsewhere, things are more ineffectual.