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Aug 13, 2018Nearer My God establishes itself as emo's first definitive document on digital-age despair.
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Aug 10, 2018It’s as impressive as it is expansive, a perfect showcase for modern emo’s elasticity.
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Aug 23, 2018Nearer My God is daring, flamboyant and consistently thrilling. It won’t make Foxing the biggest band in the world, but it probably should.
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Aug 17, 2018Foxing’s giant leap takes them away from their emo upbringing and should place them among contemporaries like Portugal. The Man, Alt-J and Glass Animals. They’ve risked everything for this album and their desire for something greater. I’m calling it now: Foxing’s Nearer My God is the album of the year.
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Aug 13, 2018Plenty of artists put their every fiber of being into a record, but there’s rarely the overt drive to exceed one’s greatness that’s so insistent, it threatens to earn indie rock's most unintentionally revealing slight: try-hard. For most bands, it's an epithet. On Nearer My God, Foxing flaunt it like an Olympic gold medal.
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Aug 9, 2018There are no bad songs on the record, just ones in which fewer ideas work.
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Kerrang!Aug 9, 2018It's a softly stirring soundtrack for a drift into somewhere deep, immersive and dreamy. [11 Aug 2018, p.71]
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Aug 9, 2018It's Foxing in a new shape, a first-hand witness of the evolution of a band that were really good just the way they were. While these changes may not be welcome with open arms, the thoughtfulness and artistry deserves a round of applause.
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Aug 15, 2018Pick things apart, and it’s a fine addition to the St. Louis band’s catalogue--there are several songs here that will catalyze their already electric live show.
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