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Jul 2, 2015Their fourth, Last Of Our Kind, includes some formulaic hard rock, Cheap Trick and Starship apery and flat-out misses. But it has its moments, to be sure.
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MojoJun 10, 2015There's nothing here to match their gonzo 2003 hit I Believe In A Thing Called Love.... But there's still laugh-out silliness. [Jul 2015, p.92]
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Q MagazineMay 28, 2015Justin Hawkins' vocal histrionics can, at times grate, but for suckers of old-school guitar riffs and songs about the Viking invasion of East Anglia, there's much to enjoy. [Jul 2015, p.104]
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Jul 14, 2015This is their darkest record yet, but it's saved from drudgery by a heavier sound delivered with furious energy.
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Jun 10, 2015It’s hard to knock stompers like ‘Roaring Waters’ either, but the vanilla title track and the plodding ‘Hammer & Tongs’, come off as cheesy, even for this lot.
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MagnetJun 8, 2015Last Of Our Kind has heavy and abrasive moments that are heavier and more abrasive than anything in The darkness discography. [No. 121, p.53]
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May 28, 2015The band sorely lacks a frontman of true rock-god proportions to transcend the silliness.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 25
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Mixed: 4 out of 25
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Negative: 2 out of 25
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