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8.0
10520
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
They have always had an unabashed sensibility for writing three-minute pop songs and this record is stuffed full of them. The Futureheads have made exhilarating order out of The Chaos
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8.0
11100
8.0 |
The Skinny
It’s a tad exhausting, but their zealous pace is easily forgivable. Regardless of whether it constitutes ‘art’ or not, it’s certainly a triumph
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8.0
11269
8.0 |
The List
Top-of-their-game stuff this; just try to keep up
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8.0
11368
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
The Chaos is by far the band's finest achievement, angry and menacing yet never forsaking the youthful quirkiness that is such a vital component to their sound
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8.0
11557
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
11564
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
11679
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
11699
8.0 |
Click Music
Shines from start to finish, a stridently profound and observant record, rich with pneumatic hooks, dark overtones and punk sensibility
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8.0
11793
8.0 |
Clash
The riotous post-punk-pop fire that fuelled their debut has been reignited. It's quite wholly ablaze
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7.3
11476
7.3 |
Pitchfork
The Chaos mostly captures the Futureheads playing to their strength: channelling everyday miseries into manic energy
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7.0
11700
7.0 |
Bowlegs
It’s an admirable attempt at giving a kick up the backside to a depoliticised youth market saturated by homogenized and toothless US post-post-hardcore. Here’s hoping there’s a future for the Heads. They do deserve it
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7.0
11939
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
The Chaos sees the Futureheads find their place in music, following a groove set by the previous record
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7.0
13011
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Despite coming close to becoming an overly exhausting experience, there’s nary a deficiency of energy displayed, which is just about right when wanting to enjoy those brief, intermittent listening sessions
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7.0
11600
7.0 |
musicOMH
There are a few fillers but on the whole it's their most solid album to date. The Chaos successfully marries their love of off-kilter indie-punk with power tunes that will pay the studio bills
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7.0
11473
7.0 |
NME
Print edition only
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7.0
11539
7.0 |
Independent on Sunday
It's tougher than anything the Mackem quartet have released so far, but their trademark jerky tempo-twists and close four-part harmonies remain intact
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6.5
11612
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The Chaos isn’t a bad album. In fact, for three minute punk-pop nuggets of great execution, there’ll be little more accomplished this year, you’d imagine. Still, it never quite escapes the thought that the Futureheads are capable of a lot more than just accomplished riffology
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6.0
13222
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
In a world full of similar acts such as the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys, The Chaos doesn’t quite stand above the pack
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6.0
11887
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
More an extension of This Is Not The World than an entirely new chapter in the band’s tumultuous history, there is terrible sense of ‘full stop’ about The Chaos
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6.0
11518
6.0 |
PopMatters
What we hear are new ideas, new directions for a band who had been searching for a sound, a band now throwing a whole bunch of sounds at a wall and seeing what sticks. It’s a satisfying, intense thing to listen to, even if you can’t help but hope they find a way to really make it shine the next time around
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6.0
11531
6.0 |
The Times
Unrelenting, as fuzzy rhythm guitars blister along leaving only the briefest of breathing spaces for punky riffs
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