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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
Bristles with the freedom of early Breeders or Throwing muses
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8.0
62053
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This combination of understatement and subtly is at the heart of Hospitality’s success on Trouble: making an album far more spacious than their debut, but loaded with twice as many musical ideas
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8.0
62222
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A brave step forward for a band unafraid to test its limits and a frontwoman unable to see any
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7.5
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7.5 |
Paste Magazine
Trouble sounds like Hospitality showing how the addition of a little more edge and disparity to their sound makes them no less inhospitable
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pitchfork
Covers a lot of ground musically, moving through decades and subgenres of pop and rock with each track
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7.0
62080
7.0 |
Uncut
Sweet at its core, but pleasantly dark around the edges. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
It’s a scholarly kind of indie pop record, one with an obvious single, a few grey and fascinating experiments, and a number of greatly revealing moments
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7.0
62136
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The Brooklyn trio's second album is a little more worry-worn and a little tougher-sounding
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6.7
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6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
With Trouble, they easily avoid the sophomore slump and take an accomplished leap forward
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6.5
62138
6.5 |
Under The Radar
The band seems just as natural with a lean, straightforward sound as they do fleshing out the spaces
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6.5
62055
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s nice they’ve got all these ideas and all, but perhaps a more vicious editing process would’ve weeded out these dramatic tonal shifts
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6.0
62141
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Instrumentally, the band have branched out towards more expansive territory, with spacey synths and meandering guitars scattered throughout
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6.0
62110
6.0 |
Q
Another heavy dose of indie unease. Print edition only
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6.0
62090
6.0 |
Mojo
Wily, idiosyncratic pop. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
No Ripcord
Regardless of their intent to reach out of their limit, there are bursts of inventiveness in Trouble that make the risk taking worthwhile
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6.0
62097
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
The sound is a neat mix of 90s indie and 70s pop and post-punk
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4.0
62054
4.0 |
The Skinny
The highlights could’ve made a great EP, but the chaff proves bothersome to sit through
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