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When The Devil's Loose

A.A. Bondy

When The Devil's Loose

Second album from American alt.folk artist Scott Bondy

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6.9

Label
Fat Possum
UK Release date
26/10/2009
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    A record that lives in that elusive space between sleep and awakening, Believers makes insomnia sexy
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  2. 8.0 |   Spin

    Ludicrously gorgeous, vaporous, and reverb-caressed, like the hushed, almost unbearable intimacy of pre-fame Cat Power
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  3. 8.0 |   The Fly

    Pure ghostly melancholy, but of the most wonderful kind
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  5. 7.2 |   Paste Magazine

    His presence is subtle (sometimes maybe too much so), but Believers will certainly haunt your dreams
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  6. 7.0 |   Blurt

    If the lazy, lilting melodies often elude a ready grasp, it's the overall mood that lingers long after
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    ...fuses imagery of crimson moonlit nights and limitless oceans with religious mysticism to evoke a beauty in nihilism. Bondy, however depressed he may be and however hopeless he sounds, is a man in love with the world
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  8. 7.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Bondy's bruised but never broken voice providing the perfect foil for his melancholic but never miserable songs
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  9. 7.0 |   NME

    Print edition only

  10. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    In many ways, When's the Devil's Loose is nearly the same as 2007's American Hearts. Bondy's warm and weathered moan is used to good effect, abetted by some down-home instrumentation and a fair helping of flattering reverb
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  11. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Its simple charms sink in over repeated listens, and firm fans of this whole backwoods-troubadour thing should find plenty to admire here
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  12. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  13. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    ...there is a certain singularity of pace to When The Devil’s Loose which makes it hard for the listener
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  14. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    In the hands of a different producer maybe the material assembled for When The Devil's Loose could step forward into something more Technicolor, as its faults are minor, but they are the faults which separate merely pleasant albums from great ones
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  15. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

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