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  • Summary: The Detroit garage/hard rock band's remaining members of Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, and Bobbie Duncan recorded songs written by the late David Hackney as well as new songs for its first new recordings since 1976.
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
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  1. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    80
    N.E.W. proves that Death is still ahead of the curve. [No. 120, p.53]
  2. The Wire
    May 15, 2015
    70
    While the high energy interplay between the players remains solid, their proto-punk edginess is less pronounced. [Apr 2015, p.54]
  3. Jun 8, 2015
    70
    An album of new material from the abyss: whiplash-fast songs as Spartan in construction and as bracing in attack as their 40-years-young visionary predecessors.
  4. Apr 16, 2015
    67
    Despite the grit on N.E.W., all three musicians boast a bonhomie similar to a local band’s open friendliness, making for one of the most approachable punk albums in recent memory.
  5. Apr 23, 2015
    63
    Unlike ...For the Whole World to See, N.E.W. does not sound like a lost proto-punk classic; it's just a pretty good rock record made by guys who have been at it for a long time.
  6. Jun 4, 2015
    60
    N.E.W. feels more like a victory lap than a new beginning. Nothing inherently wrong with that, and every track is here is at least solid, but it’s best to put expectations of revelation out of your mind before hitting the “play” button.
  7. Apr 17, 2015
    40
    There's undeniably something missing here.

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