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Oct 17, 2014Quite possibly We Were Promised Jetpacks' most vivid album to date, Unravelling finds the band making music that's harder to place than ever--and that much more interesting for it.
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Alternative PressOct 8, 2014The band are writing songs still riddled with emotional turmoil, but they seem more jaded and contemplative. [Nov 2014, p.100]
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Oct 8, 2014A beautiful mix allows the elements of each of the tracks to truly breathe and settle in their own spaces.
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Oct 8, 2014Unraveling is cut from a richer, darker cloth than their earlier works, making it a bold departure and a tense new direction well worth exploring.
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Oct 8, 2014We Were Promised Jetpacks have pushed the bar for these bands even higher with the release of Unravelling.
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Oct 13, 2014Unravelling deals with lives falling apart, but with the addition of McGachan, We Were Promised Jetpacks come together as a cohesive force.
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Oct 30, 2014Unravelling is an album that needs time and patience lent towards it. It's a slow-burner of a record, both in the tempo it sets and the amount of time it takes for it to reveal itself.
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Oct 14, 2014This seems like a minor pit-stop for them and in fairness, it's a good record but nothing like what I expected.
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Oct 13, 2014Unraveling may not be the best We Were Promised Jetpacks record, which still goes to These Four Walls, but it is the album that demarcates a clear if ultimately less certain direction.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 3 out of 18
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Nov 10, 2014