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Shattered

Reigning Sound

Shattered

Latest release from the North Carolina-based garage punk quartet fronted by Greg Cartwright

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7.5

Label
Merge
UK Release date
21/07/2014
US Release date
15/07/2014
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  1. 9.0 |   Paste Magazine

    A boldly traditional, and fantastically well-rounded album of rock ‘n’ roll
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  2. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    This is confident, uplifting music from a true-believing family man and sometimes electrician with no apparent desire to play stadiums or steep himself in mystique
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    They prove you don’t need to deconstruct genre to make it new. You just need to write great songs, know where they came from, and play the hell out of them
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Attains an out-of-time quality that admirers of superior barrooom soundtracks will warm to. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Stunningly assured fifth studio album
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Cartwright's songwriting is never less than a joy. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Shattered is a grown-up, repeat-listen rock record of rare quality, and a great addition to an already astoundingly good back catalogue
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  8. 8.0 |   All Music

    Some Reigning Sound fans might miss the harder-rocking side of the band, but if you're looking for ten new Greg Cartwright songs sung with real heart and soul, Shattered is just what you've been waiting for
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  9. 8.0 |   The Observer

    These songs are richly textured and swell with personality
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  10. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Reigning Sound have risen above themselves—as well as the garage-rock idiom that spawned them— while spiritually hewing true
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  11. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A deeply comfortable and comforting thirty minutes of expertly curated rock-and-soul
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  12. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Continues his heart-on-the-sleeve, southern-fried mining of '50s and '60s R&B, '60s Nuggets psych and garage rock fodder
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  13. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    An 11-track collection of soulful R&B straight from a Midwestern garage
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  14. 4.0 |   Earbuddy

    It’s inoffensive, and almost offensively so
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