- Record Label: Xtra Mile Recordings
- Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012Plot smoothes some edges and makes others more ragged, but the songs, shaped by the sharp guitars and martial drumming, are some of the strongest Falkous has ever written.
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Jun 14, 2012The lyrics, meanwhile, continue to move FOTL up two or three rungs of excellence.
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Jun 13, 2012It's their most accessible record both musically and lyrically.
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Jun 11, 2012It's entirely possible that by proving they can make anything their own, they've become one of Britain's best bands.
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Jun 8, 2012If you've any common sense, plot a listen soon.
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Jun 7, 2012Not only does The Plot Against Common Sense reach and exceed those expectations, it only goes blows them out of the water. Into the sky. To the moon. And beyond... This is everything a Future of the Left album should be.
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Aug 10, 2012The Plot finds the group building on their palate, zeroing in on the details more than ever before, meaning the straight up fidgety punk ("Sheena Is A T-Shirt Salesman"), keyboard-led silliness ("A Guide To Men") and the obligatory epic closer ("Notes On Achieving Orbit") are all better realised than their cousins on previous albums.
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Q MagazineJul 25, 2012It's big and clever; also bloody brilliant. [Aug 2012, p.98]
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Kerrang!Jun 29, 2012Rest assure, few bands combine hilarity and ferocity as well as Future Of The Left. [9 Jun 2012, p.54]
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Jun 12, 2012The Plot Against Common Sense finds FotL in fine form. It's Falkous' most eclectic crop of songs to date and stands out as a great guitar-rock album in a year that's seen its fair share of them already.
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Jun 12, 2012A relentlessly insistent, unexpectedly danceable record which manages to be as engaging as it is wilfully bizarre.
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Jun 11, 2012The Plot Against Common Sense shows that Future of the Left are still fighting the good fight, even if the ranks have changed a bit.
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Jun 11, 2012Those looking for simple, safe rock probably won't like The Plot Against Common Sense. But if you want to think while you thrash, give this one a spin.
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Jun 25, 2012Subversion of the most intelligent, insidious, inventive kind.
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Jun 21, 2012You won't mistake it for anyone else's, and an artist as singular as Falkous always deserves our attention.
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Alternative PressJun 7, 2012Come for the rock, but stay for Falkous' sarcasm-dripping bon mots. [Jun 2012, p.881]
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Jun 7, 2012It could do with one or two songs being trimmed, but there's enough variety to keep things engaging, if at times it lacks incisiveness. Still, my criticisms are largely comparing the band to their past work, which happens to be exceptional.
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Jun 22, 2012It's rewarding if given the occasional spin but tiresome if spun too often.
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Jun 7, 2012It's a shame that Falkous is playing to the cheap seats on The Plot Against Common Sense.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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