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8.0
62595
8.0 |
The 405
Their most confident and assured album yet
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8.0
62610
8.0 |
Q
The new material arranges their sumptuous instrumentation to wondrous effect. Print edition only
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8.0
62614
8.0 |
Mojo
Balances inner existential turmoil with external grace. Print edition only
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8.0
62652
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Gorgeous melodies are ubiquitous, and seemingly every moment has been carefully crafted with immaculate attention to detail
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8.0
62795
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
This third album is a thing of coherence and beauty
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8.0
63092
8.0 |
Uncut
Sparkling, upbeat and infectious. Print edition only
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7.5
62594
7.5 |
Under The Radar
This is a band recovering from a misstep with their best album yet
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7.0
62593
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Fanfarlo may not be breaking new ground with this, but they’re building on their previous foundations nicely
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7.0
62596
7.0 |
NME
There's so much beauty on ‘Let's Go Extinct’ that it could hardly be anything other than a delight
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7.0
62597
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
The ambition here is to be commended and fans of sincere orchestral indie-pop would be wise to become Fanfarlo's latest fan
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7.0
62598
7.0 |
All Music
Their bold approach to songwriting isn't suppressed here as they voyage into the depths of human evolution and effortlessly combine this theme with expansive pop melodies
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6.7
63215
6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Let’s Go Extinct isn’t the breakthrough that will earn them that big wave of new press, but it’s good enough to warrant some recognition
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6.5
62628
6.5 |
The Quietus
Balthazar generally sticks within the same up-and-down, two-by-four patterns, and the result is that there's little that actually sticks in your head after the record has stopped playing
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6.0
62644
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
You can’t deny that their intentions are good, but Let’s Go Extinct really is just missing that certain spark that’s required to lift it above the middle ground
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4.0
62599
4.0 |
The List
When you’ve set your ambition so high and only manage to produce an album that contains surface enjoyment without much significant substance, the end result feels a little weightless
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