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9.0
64820
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With Loom, Fear of Men have proven to be just as brilliantly complex as that natural wonder they so often invoke – deep, refreshing, mysterious, life-affirming
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9.0
64825
9.0 |
All Music
A set of songs as effortlessly enjoyable as they are smart, as inspired as they are hopeless
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9.0
64853
9.0 |
Earbuddy
I struggle to imagine another debut album released this year to even come close to what Fear Of Men have achieved with this record
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8.0
65044
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Militant drum loops, lusciously layered vocals and rippling, backward guitar textures
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8.0
65078
8.0 |
Q
A graceful exhibition of light melody over dark mood. Print edition only
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8.0
64833
8.0 |
NME
There’s a warmth to Weiss’ soft, sighing vocals and Daniel Falvey’s rippling guitar textures that lifts ‘Loom’ to the heavens
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8.0
64821
8.0 |
Art Rocker
A majestic display of bare experimentation ripe for picking from all
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8.0
64822
8.0 |
DIY
A record which could engulf you if you give it chance; where sounds and textures merge together to create a beautifully bleak story
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8.0
64823
8.0 |
No Ripcord
These are love songs that are off-kilter not in design but in character, furnished with ornate instrumental touches that add more panache to their simple, yet shrewd approach
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8.0
66440
8.0 |
PopMatters
An outstanding collection of sharp, smart pop-rock songs
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7.5
64841
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Though Loom can occasionally feel familiar, lacking in grand ambitions, its still-confident songs are meticulously crafted and packed with moments of shimmering pop splendor
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7.5
64849
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Weiss touches on the hopelessness of love; the album is deeply melancholy
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7.5
65050
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The topics of regret, renewal, fear and solitude run like a current throughout the album
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7.5
64976
7.5 |
The 405
There is no denying that Loom is a beautifully fragile album
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7.0
64973
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
What makes this album interesting is the contrast between Weiss’ light, pure vocals and the dark lyrical tone, and the band’s repeated descent into skewed, discordant noise
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7.0
65390
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
The overriding confidence and clarity of the band's vision though... convinces of their convictions and allows their debut to step out into a world beyond the more than serviceable shadows of their shoegazing predecessors
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6.8
64837
6.8 |
Pitchfork
When the band does cut loose, as they do on the sublime “America”, the albums’s best track, you get a sense where they might go next
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5.0
64936
5.0 |
Beardfood
Only when waves of static roll over us at the end of a few songs we become aware we've dozed off
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