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10.0
72477
10.0 |
Mojo
It feels like a journey through one man’s rawest and real emotion. Print edition only
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9.0
72900
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
20 years after bursting onto the scene, Gaz Coombes is on a roll once again
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9.0
72464
9.0 |
musicOMH
After two decades of pop music, Gaz Coombes is hitting his richest vein of form
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8.5
72763
8.5 |
The Quietus
This is a bold confessional and one made all the stronger by music that's creative and daring without ever once straying into disco dad territory
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8.0
72465
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Matador is a great record, the sound of an artist following his own singular path - an artist who becomes more interesting with each release
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8.0
72466
8.0 |
State
Finds him moving into some very interesting, pseudo-cinematic territory that harks back to that widescreen sound Supergrass were always able to conjure
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8.0
72476
8.0 |
Q
Matador works precisely because it is made up of Coombes’ most beautiful songs yet. Print edition only
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8.0
72479
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Vital, urgent and impassioned – Gas Coombes has written the record he always deserved a chance to make. Forget Britpop, forget 'Alright' and forget what you think you know about the guy – just listen
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8.0
72501
8.0 |
The Guardian
Coombes’s voice has always been a powerful pop instrument, thrillingly on the edge of hysteria. On Matador, it’s also a howl of pain
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8.0
72529
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Ambitious and affecting, Matador may well be Coombes’s finest work to date
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7.0
72840
7.0 |
The Music
With Matador it’s clear that Coombes is yet to find his peace
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7.0
72478
7.0 |
Uncut
For all the haunting, dislocated atmospheres here, Coombes still has an ear for melodies. Print edition only
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7.0
72463
7.0 |
Clash
The anthems are still here, rest assured; they’re less obvious, but definitely no less compelling
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6.5
72714
6.5 |
Under The Radar
The giddiness of Supergrass is no longer. It is instead replaced by contemplation, but is nonetheless enjoyable for it
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6.3
72671
6.3 |
Pitchfork
Fans will no doubt try to engage with Matador as a Supergrass album, which is unfair. But when it seems content to play as merely a Supergrass footnote, it’s hard not to make easy comparisons
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