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Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
McMahon always takes his music wherever it needs to go, and Death Jokes is the bracing sound of Amen Dunes actively engaging with the world and its problems
All Music
Kings Of Leon
Can We Please Have Fun
The Nashville rockers still sound great, but their lyrics seem bereft of ideas
The Observer
Kings Of Leon
Can We Please Have Fun
A far cry from the beardy, beery bawling of previous years, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ is surprisingly fresh and full of energy
The Independent
Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
There’s undeniably a great work of art in here among the clutter of scraps that McMahon has collected over the last few years. It seems he’s refused to relinquish them because they mean too much to him – though they probably won’t to most others
Beats Per Minute
Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
McMahon's songwriting talents leave no doubt that these new idioms will soon be seamlessly integrated into the Amen Dunes vocabulary. In the meantime, Death Jokes is a worthwhile sputter on the journey there
Exclaim
Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
At its best, like the gorgeous, nine-minute “Round The World”, his bittersweet sound feels like the work of an art-music auteur. Print edition only
Uncut
Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
Death Jokes is the product of a very busy mind, expertly encapsulating the feeling of being trapped, distracted, and despondent
The Skinny
Amen Dunes
Death Jokes
The music is steeped in melancholy and fear, but with a desire to unpick and embrace the disorder, and make something meaningful of it
The Line Of Best Fit
Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
ardcore favourites Knocked Loose swing for the fences and then some on their incredible, incendiary third album, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. Gum shields at the ready...
Kerrang!
Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
The Kentucky hardcore lot obliterate expectations on a fourth record as fearsome as it is ferocious
The Skinny
Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
The Kentucky metalcore quintet cleverly channel pop – and even reggaeton grooves – to create an album of crushing intensity and vast scope
The Guardian
Knocked Loose
You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
On the Kentucky metalcore band’s titanic fourth album, they’ve amplified and concentrated their sound into something so potent that it has its own gravitational pull
Pitchfork
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