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  • Summary: The seventh full-length release for the Canadian noise rock/metal band was produced by Andrew Schneider.
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  1. Kerrang!
    Aug 29, 2018
    80
    Killer stuff. [1 Sep 2018, p.55]
  2. Aug 29, 2018
    80
    This record is not a reimagining of the band or a fresh start. Loved is an exercise in moulding what KEN Mode has always been good at into a perfect soundtrack for these times of great political uncertainty.
  3. Aug 29, 2018
    80
    KEN mode are masters of their craft, and this is easily the equal of anything from the heyday of the genre on labels like AmRep and Hydra Head. While the more casual listener will find this heavy going, fans of the band, and of noise rock in general, are going to be stoked.
  4. Aug 29, 2018
    80
    Their music features a predominant, dystopian characteristic, which is, in turn, met with a sardonic response. It is the element that was most missed in Success, and its return in Loved is what makes the record so exciting.
  5. Oct 19, 2018
    80
    With producer Andrew Schneider tweaking the knobs, his experience producing Unsane certainly applying here, KEN mode elevates their sonic outcry, hitting levels of discomfort with the subtly seasick Learning To Be Too Cold, thrash-bred Not Soulmates, and the manic combination of sounds in Fractures In Adults.
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