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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

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  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Aug 3, 2018
    60
    Taken on its own merit Rituals is a bright and bombastic record that harbours a darker underbelly. ... And though there’s a chance it will alienate a small portion of established fanbase, it will certainly earn the band more than it loses.
  2. Kerrang!
    Aug 3, 2018
    60
    Rituals is a bold, yet ultimately auspicious step forward. [4 Aug 2018, p.53]
  3. While The 1975 don’t own radio-rock just yet, Rituals feels a little too much like Deaf Havana have lost sight of their own signature, while hammering at the heels of Healy’s.
  4. Aug 3, 2018
    40
    Conventional, formulaic, 80s-style pop rock.
  5. 60
    Ignoring the diabolical “Saviour”, which sounds like a hundred other Nashville-based bands song (featuring the chorus: “Thinking I could save you, I’ll never be your saviour”), the results are much more interesting on the second half.
  6. Aug 10, 2018
    60
    Deaf Havana have moved with the times but it isn’t all sugar-coated and there’s still enough emotion to drive us towards their music.

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