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8.0
60008
8.0 |
All Music
A vivid, poignant tour of heartbreak that's much more enjoyable than that description suggests
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8.0
60813
8.0 |
The Guardian
Breaking up may be hard to do, but can be fascinating to hear
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8.0
60819
8.0 |
Evening Standard
There are a couple of duds here – Keep Your Head Up, TV Dream – but sufficient sass and energy to keep you up until well past bedtime
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8.0
60822
8.0 |
NME
Heartbreak has rarely sounded so sweet
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8.0
61138
8.0 |
Q
Takes a more stripped-down form here, and packs more of a thwack. Print edition only
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7.8
60039
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
As packed as the songs get with incident and sound, the gooey goodness of Cults’ candy pop wins out every time
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7.5
60010
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Cults are flipping open your gauzy shades and letting the sunshine in, letting you slap on your best Stepford smile as the world falls apart
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7.0
60005
7.0 |
Spin
Cults are more confident in their sound here. Instead of gussying it up (call in the hurdy gurdy!), they've pared it down
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7.0
60006
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Cults find themselves at a transition point on album two, as they move from their previous jangly sounds into something bigger
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7.0
60075
7.0 |
musicOMH
Static isn’t a perfect album, but it contains enough promising signs of evolution to predict a long career for Cults
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7.0
60037
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Cults' music continues to draw inspiration from 1960s pop, but the duo has begun to move away from the overly sweet-sounding melodies of Cults and dip into a gloomier aesthetic
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7.0
61104
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Definitely worth your time, but it falls short of being the truly great record that Cults will hopefully go on to make
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6.8
60004
6.8 |
Pitchfork
Cults' sophomore album sidesteps presumptions about a rising, major-label band and admirably finds contentment not in what they could be, but what they are right now. And that's moodier, louder, more atmospheric
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6.5
60017
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Cults is a pop band – albeit a very distinctive one – and Static only works when the band delivers on the melodies that made its debut so compelling
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6.0
60026
6.0 |
No Ripcord
Remarkably self-assured and meticulously produced, but such traits cannot disguise its throwback trappings
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6.0
60007
6.0 |
DIY
They might be a band in thrall to the 1960s but this is a record that tells us to live in the now
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6.0
60009
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It’s a credit to Cults that Static is such an enticing initial listen; no one now is pulling the retro Spector treatment with as much stylistic confidence as they are
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6.0
60640
6.0 |
Mojo
There's no need to squint to see the hard black shadows rolling over these songs. Print edition only
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6.0
61238
6.0 |
Uncut
Bright and punchy, which has the unintended effect of sabotaging softer moments. Print edition only
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5.8
60011
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Static lacks variety. It’s just a short-fused, gloomy rehash, and what little has been changed isn’t really an improvement
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