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7.5
57496
7.5 |
The 405
It's a shame that Bloc Party aren't just buckling down and marching straight into another record, because if it's like this, we'd have something impressive on our hands
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7.0
57493
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Marks another step in the band’s continuing journey from four-piece guitar band to a fully fledged electronic rock outfit
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7.0
57509
7.0 |
NME
Fun, playful, cheeky - the London quartet have cheered up
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7.0
57614
7.0 |
PopMatters
As it should, The Nextwave Sessions delivers on the mentality of quality over quantity
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7.0
58014
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
It would be a great loss to the Bloc Party faithful if the potent punch delivered here doesn't provoke more intrusive, indefinable material from the London based foursome
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6.7
57620
6.7 |
A.V. Club
This is Bloc Party now, another band that might have been, settling in for the grind
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6.3
57497
6.3 |
AltSounds
It’s not Bloc Party's best
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6.0
57802
6.0 |
The Independent
Continuing Bloc Party's development from indie guitar band to a more exporatory outfit equally capable of drawing from R&B and electronic dance music
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5.2
57495
5.2 |
Pitchfork
Nextwave shares a jumbled sense of purpose with its predecessor
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5.0
57494
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
If you’ve been waiting for Bloc Party to branch out, expect The Nextwave Sessions to disappoint
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5.0
57541
5.0 |
God Is In The TV
Bloc Party have done worse than The Nextwave Sessions, and they’ve certainly done better, but at least in both of those cases they sounded bold
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5.0
57586
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Eight years after their debut, this is still the sound of an adolescent band that, despite its persistence in tackling adult topics, hasn't yet found a way of approaching them in an adult manner
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4.2
57726
4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
If The Nextwave Sessions is Bloc Party’s farewell EP then it’s a pale frigid sunset in comparison to the streaming bright dawn of their debut
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4.0
57638
4.0 |
The Fly
Back on their on/off hiatus, they leave behind an EP that seems to spell out why things regularly fall apart
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4.0
57518
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Hiatus number two is probably the best thing for Bloc Party at this stage. They’ll be back, you’d imagine. Just make it count, yeah?
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