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8.5
12892
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There is no fat on this album, no useless gristle, just a collection of eleven well-honed, beautiful songs
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8.0
12822
8.0 |
The Fly
The instrumentation is relatively sparse – think Iron & Wine with better guitar effects
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8.0
12874
8.0 |
Uncut
On occasion the songs here are almost hypnotically hushed. At other times they're both louder and more unhinged than ever before
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8.0
12737
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
One of the most understated and, in all likelihood, underrated gems of the year so far
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8.0
12738
8.0 |
BBC
What it sometimes lacks in emotional weight, however, it makes up for in adventurous, finely sculpted arrangements... there is plenty to be enthralled by on No Ghost
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8.0
12739
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
13072
8.0 |
The Fly
Leaner, shorter and tighter than before, but still unmissable
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8.0
13078
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
Your head tells you it shouldn’t work at all, but your gut says differen
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7.5
14719
7.5 |
Prefix
These new songs soar, for the most part: The hushed intimacy of their last effort has been replaced with a palpable - and rousing - sense of uplif
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7.0
17035
7.0 |
Blurt
Just too enduring to ignore
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7.0
12789
7.0 |
NME
From tiny Acorns, indie-folk bohemoths grow.
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7.0
13192
7.0 |
The Quietus
The amplified moments here can hit the heart as strongly as the hushed tones of reflection
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7.0
13296
7.0 |
Bowlegs
Having supported the likes of Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Calexico and Elbow, The Acorn undoubtedly have what it takes to sit on equal footing with them all
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6.0
13051
6.0 |
musicOMH
No Ghost never quite scales the heights of its predecessor. As a gentle pleasure it will certainly gain supporters and friends, without ever, quite, inspiring a more maniacal devotion
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6.0
12740
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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4.0
13038
4.0 |
The Guardian
There are no signs here of the musical or narrative adventurousness that leavened its predecessor
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