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10.0
78512
10.0 |
Evening Standard
The raucous title track opens an expansive album that’s never short of ambition or towering tunes. While the songs are not easily pinned down, there are some obviously sublime touch
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10.0
78960
10.0 |
Gig Soup
Although previous Maccabees releases have been strong, ‘Marks to Prove It’ is the most accomplished, mature and complete
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8.0
79129
8.0 |
PopMatters
Shows that, even in 2015, Brit indie bands can still cut interesting and surprising recordings
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8.0
78355
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Marks To Prove It is not a crowning glory, but it is an accumulation of all the things that we enjoy from The Maccabees
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8.0
78356
8.0 |
Digital Spy
For all the oppositional tugging, frustrations and pain, Marks to Prove It has combusted into a record that's as bounteous as it is stripped back
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8.0
78694
8.0 |
The Independent
Marks to Prove It sounds more like a band, with songs reached by trial and error and group arbitration, not by notation
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8.0
78358
8.0 |
NME
It might not have been an easy path, but the bruises show on the end product as beautifully as a black-and-blue sunset
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8.0
78359
8.0 |
The FT
The album finds The Maccabees deploying the indie-rock armoury of guitars and drums with unusual imagination
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8.0
78397
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A potentially career-defining album
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8.0
78402
8.0 |
Mojo
The overall sense is of a spirited and inventive band truly coming into their own. Print edition only
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8.0
78438
8.0 |
State
Marks to Prove It may well be the first ever great landfill indie album
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8.0
78449
8.0 |
Clash
On the surface, an extension and refinement of their previous record, but in reality, a thrilling, provocative and daring album that rewards with each listen
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8.0
78483
8.0 |
DIY
This is not a perfectly crafted album; instead, it’s an incredibly human one
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7.0
78357
7.0 |
The Music
Bright and beautiful indie rock, the simplicity shouldn't be dismissed
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7.0
78515
7.0 |
Uncut
Here they continue to beat a path to stadium glory with an ever more expansive sound and life-affirming choruses. Print edition only
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6.0
78549
6.0 |
musicOMH
It is a brave statement to make, for sure, and one that confirms how far The Maccabees have come, but Marks To Prove It remains oddly unsatisfying
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6.0
78789
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A mixed record of some alright parts, some excellent songs, and some parts you’ll find that you can live without hearing again
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6.0
78501
6.0 |
The Guardian
These are slow, loping, anxious anthems that bypass the drunkenness and muddle the brain like a hangover
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6.0
78403
6.0 |
Q
It isn’t the leap forward it should be. Print edition only
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4.2
78645
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
At this juncture in the band’s career, The Maccabees should aim higher than pleasant comparisons
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