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Queens of the Breakers
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Montreal-based folk band features a guest appearance from Lucius.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Exclaim
    Oct 10, 2017
    90
    This is a rich and compelling record that deserves and rewards your close attention.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Oct 26, 2017
    87
    As a whole, Queens of the Breakers holds fast to hope and shows both a continuation and an evolution for one of the most creative bands out there today.
  3. Q Magazine
    Oct 10, 2017
    80
    Their most richly-coloured record to date. [Nov 2017, p.104]
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  4. NOW Magazine
    Oct 10, 2017
    80
    The expansive, heavenly textured, rambling blues jams that make up a good part of the record preserve some of the improvised spirit they were created in.
  5. Under The Radar
    Oct 19, 2017
    75
    If Queens earns The Barr Brothers serious consideration for year-end lists, it would not be surprising.
  6. Uncut
    Oct 10, 2017
    70
    [Queens Of The Breakers] is busy without ever feeling overcrowded, its liquid acoustics following the soft contours of Brad's vocals to telling effect. [Nov 2017, p.24]
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  7. Mojo
    Oct 10, 2017
    60
    Their third album keeps an open mind. [Nov 2017, p.97]
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  1. tote
    Oct 23, 2017
    10
    For those with the attention span for complex, eclectic, and colorful rock that defies genre and comparison, yet taps a deep, powerfulFor those with the attention span for complex, eclectic, and colorful rock that defies genre and comparison, yet taps a deep, powerful subterranean river of emotion, this album is the album of our times.

    Their third and most mature album-length studio effort to date, the instrumentals, vocals, lyrics, and compositions are more exploratory, dark and adventurous than ever. The themes are ambitious and dark, and suggest those of grief, loss, heartbreak, love lost and love kept, and political tragedy as experienced by a global, free society. The acceptance and embrace of contradiction as inevitable is a revelation that is put to glorious/hideous effect, and the result is cathartic, challenging, and rich beyond words. Truly a one-of-a-kind artistic achievement worthy of great praise and multiple close listens.    … Expand

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