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9.0
69120
9.0 |
NME
An album that skirts close to perfection in its 35 minutes of glorious madness and transcendent, George Harrison-like guitar solos
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8.0
69286
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This is an album both challenging and gorgeous-sounding. If occasionally over-ambitious, it is always attention-grabbing, and very often risk-taking in the most positive sense
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8.0
69315
8.0 |
No Ripcord
What it loses in irreverence it gains in solemnity and seriousness, but this is still the Zahner-Isenberg of before, ruminating on his past with a conflicted conscience that threatens his every thought
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8.0
69333
8.0 |
All Music
At Best Cuckold is at its most triumphant when it circumvents pastiche and goes for the throat, both emotionally and sonically
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8.0
69102
8.0 |
The Irish Times
It has a considered warmth that was previously lacking
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8.0
69104
8.0 |
Uncut
The template remains classic American pop-rock served with a glaze of summer fried weirdness. Print edition only
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8.0
69105
8.0 |
Q
Wistful, bucolic folk sit next to muscular guitar solos that seem at odds with the fragile falsetto. Print edition only
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8.0
69106
8.0 |
Mojo
It’s an even more pop-centric prism of west coast folky radiance. Print edition only
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7.2
69174
7.2 |
Pitchfork
Avi Buffalo are trying and failing to act their age on At Best Cuckold, and ain’t nothin’ wrong with that
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7.0
69675
7.0 |
musicOMH
While At Best Cuckold is an album of entertaining truth and teenage legitimacy, and while its sprightly sound and pleasant air create a funny kind of optimism, it does not offer material that will sustain itself over time
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7.0
69098
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
At Best Cuckold isn't an explosive game changer, nor is it particularly different to what's already out there, but it sure as hell earns a proud place above its peers. An insightful, impassioned listen by a distinct talent
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7.0
69100
7.0 |
Exclaim
A strong cohesive whole, a sum of all its theoretically disparate parts, and one that wears its idiosyncrasies proudly on its sleeve
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6.5
69148
6.5 |
Under The Radar
The arrangements are layered and purposeful, and the overall feel is more often pensive than manic or nail-biting
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6.0
69176
6.0 |
PopMatters
A mostly unremarkable follow-up to a promising debut
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6.0
69099
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Well-crafted, strongly written, nicely produced music
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6.0
69103
6.0 |
The 405
Much like the autumnal vibe it tries to project in that, like autumn, you don't mind its existence but you kind of just want to go back to that excellent summer again
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5.8
69101
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Zahner-Isenberg has changed his focus more toward the piano and atmospherics on At Best Cuckold, as opposed to the complicated guitar lines of their debut, and it works well
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