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Oct 21, 2022It is a vital addition to an impressive catalogue from a group who deserve your attention.
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Oct 21, 2022It’s a tough, heartfelt record that marries hard-edged, emotionally complex lyrics to skyscraping sounds and delivers a thrilling, vital whole. These feel like the perfect anthems for our times, the past be damned.
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MojoNov 15, 2022Amid these epic soundtracks of rage and empathy, the legend of the Loaf lives again. [Jan 2023, p.86]
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UncutNov 15, 2022The 51-year-old family man's struggles with depression and anxiety bring unrelenting urgency to the album. [Jan 2023, p.15]
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Oct 21, 2022It takes them to some different places, but the destinations are still quite satisfying, and this is a brave, compelling, and surprisingly moving set of songs. They seem to be glad to be making this music, and we can only be glad they've chosen to share it with us.
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Oct 21, 2022It’s the fuzzy sound of a band unconcerned with the past, ignoring their legacy and responding to a new, darker reality.
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Nov 1, 2022Reason in Decline doesn’t pose. Instead, these 10 tightly coiled songs rightfully treat those former concerns—bitter character studies of lovers and townies, jilted analyses of the overcrowded underground—like Clinton-era trifles, conflicts of no consequence in a time of autocrats and prospective apocalypse.
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Oct 26, 2022It’s a new Loaf album, with varied rock gems that will fit snugly into live setlists and even get those old fans to sing along. It’s one of those rare reunion albums that satisfies a need, even if it doesn’t land as hard as some may have hoped.
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Nov 16, 2022Reason in Decline is adventurous, bold, and oddly mature for a band of this vintage.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 21, 2022This is a return they can be proud of. [Nov 2022, p.70]