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Dark Matters

The Stranglers

Dark Matters

Album number eighteen from the veteran new wave band features the playing of late keyboardist Dave Greenfield who died of Covid-19 in 2020

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6.9

Label
Absolute
UK Release date
10/09/2021
US Release date
10/09/2021
  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Dark Water is exactly as JJ Burnel described it, an album to rank towards their best long-playing achievements
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Dark Matters evokes, rather than merely simulates, the band’s hallmark quirk and strangeness, lending integrity to the ongoing endeavour. Print edition only

  3. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Greenfield’s synths dance above its final minutes, the keyboardist both in a world of his own and with his bandmates one last time, until the only sound left is a transmission signal, blinking out, leaving the survivors in limbo. If wouldn't be the worst way for a last Stranglers album to close. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   Gigwise

    Could just as easily be a parting gift or the start of something new
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  5. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    If this is their end point, it’s a decent farewell rather than a fizzle-out
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