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9.0
112968
9.0 |
All Music
On this song and the rest of the album, the band take chances, push hungrily at boundaries and generally play like they were racing the clock to get the songs on tape before the studio collapsed around them
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9.0
112969
9.0 |
Uncut
Savour all the strangeness, the power and the glory that fill the present. Print edition only
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8.3
112974
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
John Dwyer and band proficiently mesh together a smorgasbord of influences
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8.0
112973
8.0 |
The Skinny
The ever-metamorphosing Californian group release their 22nd LP, ramping up the prog-rock over a seriously ambitious runtime
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8.0
112970
8.0 |
Q
Face Stabber finds him in cosmic wigout mode, double majoring in late-'60s psychedelia and early-'70s Krautrock. Print edition only
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7.7
113064
7.7 |
Paste Magazine
They prove that this is still one of the very best and most adventurous rock bands on the planet
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6.6
113144
6.6 |
Pitchfork
On their absorbing and endearing new double album, John Dwyer's long-running psych-rock institution verges on self-indulgence for the first time
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6.0
113107
6.0 |
The Quietus
At the core of Face Stabber is a fun album that gets better with each listen but when it drags, and in places it does, it feels like a laborious chore to get to the good stuff again
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6.0
112971
6.0 |
Mojo
A questing, festering record, Face Stabber isn't for the faint-hearted, but its lows are outnumbered by exhilarating highs. Print edition only
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6.0
112972
6.0 |
The 405
Has plenty to enjoy but doesn't justify its length
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