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All At Once

The Airborne Toxic Event

All At Once

Second studio album of indie folk from the Los Angeles quintet

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5.8

Label
Mercury
UK Release date
25/04/2011
US Release date
26/04/2011
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  1. 9.5 |   BBC

    It’s clear that All at Once is a record of big sounds, bigger themes and enormous – and entirely achieved – ambitions. A crushing classic
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Their supposedly difficult second album is a resolute triumph in the face of adversity
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  3. 7.0 |   Spin

    The rock'n'roll equivalent of a tear-soaked novella
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  4. 6.0 |   Q

    As an alt-rock starter-kit, it's just about perfect. Print edition only

  5. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    At their best when they fire off all their guns. Mopey songs just don't suit them
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  6. 6.0 |   The Independent

    It treads an uncertain line between bombast and sensitivity
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  7. 6.0 |   DIY

    Deserve points for doing something different on this go-around, but unfortunately 'All at Once' is missing the high points that made 'The Airborne Toxic Event' great
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  8. 6.0 |   The Fly

    “I feel the world changing all at once/I guess it’ll be OK,” mourns Jollett on the title track. Chin up, son – ‘All At Once’ isn’t bad
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  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    They are as difficult to embrace or to adore as they are to dismiss or to ignore
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  10. 6.0 |   FasterLouder

    Melodrama at its finest,
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  11. 5.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Crammed with earnest, yearning anthems
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  12. 4.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  13. 4.0 |   Mojo

    There's a sense of over-reach about the whole thing. Print edition only

  14. 3.0 |   NME

    I’m too old for this, and so are they
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