-
9.0
64839
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
More barbed and acidic than the band’s most lauded album, 2001’s Danse Macabre, and more consistently thrilling than its previous high-water mark, 2004’s moody, prurient Wet From Birth, Doom Abuse is a starling burst of new-found energy
Read Review
-
8.3
64559
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Doom Abuse reclaims both the vibrancy and spontaneity of the group’s best work
Read Review
-
8.0
65178
8.0 |
The 405
The Faint have yet again made an album showcasing obvious nods to important groups without once sounding like a cop-out imitation
Read Review
-
7.2
64693
7.2 |
Paste Magazine
It’s a fun album, an album that the world is better for having, but hardly something you hope other musicians hear and emulate
Read Review
-
7.0
64955
7.0 |
Uncut
Its hard-edged synth-punk is grittier and harsher this time round. Print edition only
-
6.7
64563
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
The music is a shift back to the grime that was absent from Fasciinatiion, it’s still The Faint holding to their new wave revival
Read Review
-
6.5
65957
6.5 |
Under The Radar
Every element dances on the verge of clipping or glitching, and The Faint's brand of controlled chaos holds the album together like a corset
Read Review
-
6.3
66185
6.3 |
Earbuddy
There are a lot of ideas and sounds on Doom Abuse, but they’re put together in a way such that the listener doesn’t feel anything
Read Review
-
6.1
64561
6.1 |
Pitchfork
Most enjoyable when its superficial slapstick is at its most pronounced, which is most of the time — it’s uptempo, it’s unashamedly hooky
Read Review
-
6.0
64562
6.0 |
PopMatters
There isn’t much on Doom Abuse to surprise or expand the Faint’s audience. At the same time, it should appease those already devoted
Read Review
-
6.0
64560
6.0 |
NME
Their goth-tinged electro-rock undimmed, their melodies unsettlingly wonky and their heads filled with scary voices
Read Review
-
6.0
65077
6.0 |
Q
Defiantly their own creation. Print edition only
-
4.0
64694
4.0 |
The Skinny
Where Fasciinatiion was musically accomplished yet lyrically bizarre, Doom Abuse falters on both counts
Read Review
-