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8.0
128888
8.0 |
Dork
‘Who Cares?’ is personal but oh so relatable. More than enough to ensure continued devotion remains
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8.0
128889
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Don’t expect this LP to reinvent O'Connor’s established ‘wheel’, but it certainly shows signs of a formula being gradually improved and perfected
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8.0
128902
8.0 |
All Music
Who Cares? sounds exactly like Rex Orange County coming into his own
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8.0
128915
8.0 |
NME
On this joyous and uplifting fourth outing, the Hampshire-born singer-songwriter takes a walk on the bright side
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8.0
128886
8.0 |
Evening Standard
With a 20,000-capacity gig on the horizon, and all these bright songs to boot, this 23-year-old is a force to be reckoned with
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7.2
128917
7.2 |
Northern Transmissions
If you only came for Tyler the Creator, it’s likely you’ll stay for the rest of this catchy and talented album, made to soundtrack your own personal falling and rising, the troubles of true love and self-acceptance
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7.0
128883
7.0 |
Clash
There is something for everyone to relate to or take away from ‘Who Cares?’ and it helps that it’s not too bad on the ears either
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7.0
128884
7.0 |
DIY
It delicately posits escapism as a human need, not a choice
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6.0
128885
6.0 |
Gigwise
Close, but no Pony
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6.0
128918
6.0 |
Vinyl Chapters
It’s a double-edged time-capsule of an album—whether it optimistically reminds the listener of better, simpler days, or marks Rex Orange County’s teetering on the tightrope of any real relatability, is up for debate
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6.0
128970
6.0 |
The Irish Times
If you drill down deep enough, it is ROC’s dexterous touches to pop music – all present and correct here – that are the most endearing
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6.0
128972
6.0 |
The Independent
Affable aimlessness is part of his charm, but also his greatest flaw
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6.0
128974
6.0 |
The Observer
The Surrey singer-songwriter’s fourth album offers plenty of hooks but lacks the depth to be truly memorable
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6.0
129050
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Throughout the album, we find all the ingredients which play to Rex Orange County’s strengths as a singular artist and his ability to build catchy songs around contagious melodies
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4.0
128887
4.0 |
The Guardian
Alex O’Connor has a knack for melody, but his unrelenting self-absorption leaves the resulting songs feeling flat and thin
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