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Q MagazineFeb 12, 2015It's uplifting stuff. [Mar 2015, p.104]
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Feb 12, 2015The most electric and exuberant record he’s made since ‘Up The Bracket’.
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Feb 12, 2015This feels like a placeholder for the forthcoming Libertines album, but, as placeholders go, it’s a stormer.
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Feb 24, 2015et It Reign's appealing mix of nostalgia and vitality proves that Barât can not just survive, but thrive outside of the confines of his other, storied band.
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Feb 19, 2015It’s an affair that is much more snarling and punkish than solemn and introspective and one that appears to have been a good representation of what he had in mind.
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Feb 13, 2015It's the slower, more "mature" tracks that disappoint here.... Still there's plenty to like on Let It Reign for Libertines fans missing that garage rock sound.
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Alternative PressFeb 12, 2015A solid rock album that plays like the history of Great Britain's contributions to rock 'n' roll. [Mar 2015, p.92]
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Mar 18, 2015There's still enough of the Libertines' Arcadian ideal across tracks like "Summer in the Trenches" and the title track to hold old fans firm, but unlike Dirty Pretty Things, Barat's initial post-Libs' effort, he may have finally given the Albion his personal touch.
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MojoMar 19, 2015Trad-indie may be flailing but Barat's belief is persuasive. [Apr 2015, p.92]
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Classic Rock MagazineFeb 26, 2015It's rock'n'roll for aging urchins who don't know how to quit. [Apr 2015, p.98]
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MagnetFeb 19, 2015Much of this album comes surprisingly close to the woozy heights scaled by Barat's old gang--but not quite close enough because, if there are criticisms here, it's that there's too little light and shade. [No. 117, p.52]
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Mar 9, 2015A return to the garage rock that has propelled most of his musical endeavors, the primary thrust of Let It Reign is guttural. There are, however, tempo and minor style changes along the way that stop the album from being one long string of yells.
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Feb 17, 2015Save for the singles, it all feels inconsequential. It plays more like a young band who grew up worshipping Up the Bracket, rather than identifying with the songwriter who helped forge the sound.
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Feb 17, 2015As a warm up exercise for Barât’s musical muscles and an honouring of a debt to The Jackals, Let It Reign is absolutely fine. But Libertines album number three will need to deliver a lot more than this.
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Feb 17, 2015For the most part, these songs just sound as if they’re being bashed out at a slower tempo.
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Feb 17, 2015Let It Reign’s abrasiveness does little to deflect from its disappointing lack of ambition.