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Jan 3, 2013The Odds show that Fugazi doesn't need to reunite in order to make music that still very much matters.
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Nov 28, 2012The Odds is excellent, because the odds are never against him.
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Nov 19, 2012Their third record proves that even the most militant punk songs are often best served by a stripped-down aesthetic.
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Dec 21, 2012At this point MacKaye and Farina are splitting vocal duties fairly, um, evenly, and the contrast between his weathered bark and her more soulful emoting creates a dynamic equally as fascinating as their instrumental dexterity.
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MojoDec 17, 2012The result is intelligent pop infested with tense, subterranean melodies. [Jan 2012, p.91]
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Dec 17, 2012With The Odds, the Evens have perfected the model of what we may consider post-post-punk: simple messages, tight instrumentation-this is grown-up grunge.
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Nov 26, 2012For maybe the first time, the Evens actually make you miss Fugazi a little bit less.
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Alternative PressNov 19, 2012As with previous Evens efforts, the urgency flows out through MacKaye's precision-like guitar tones, and the emotion that drips out of his and Farina's harmonies. [Dec 2012, p.90]
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Nov 19, 2012The Odds shows The Evens as more refined and understated than ever. Instead of softening, their jagged angles and obtuse political commentary have just become more involved, and in some ways, more intense.
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Nov 19, 2012The Odds is, in every way, the product of scaling down operations rather than of giving up or throwing the fans a nostalgia trip. It's fair to say that the Evens have set their target low and close; you could also call that intimacy.
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Nov 30, 2012On The Odds, MacKaye and Farina-on baritone guitar and a minimal trap kit, respectively---don't challenge their by-now established conventions, but wreak incredible havoc within them.
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Jan 4, 2013On The Odds, there is a sense in which The Evens are tensing the muscles of their quiet/loud rock within its short range.
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Under The RadarJan 3, 2013Loses steam partway, but it's a better-than-solid outing. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.93]
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Nov 20, 2012There is palpable excitement in both the songwriting and the performance. And this energy prevents what might have been some late-stage lulls, where the riffs seem retread but the songs still feel new.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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Nov 20, 2012
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Dec 4, 2012