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8.1
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8.1 |
Paste Magazine
While the songs here aren’t as instantly stick-in-your-head catchy as much of The Hold Steady’s catalog, they have a subtler staying power of their own
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8.0
79731
8.0 |
musicOMH
May lack the life-affirming joie de vivre that The Hold Steady can invoke at their best, but if we’re to hear no more from them, there’s enough here to reaffirm faith in Finn’s future at least
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8.0
79667
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
A real classy collection of songs by a true master of his craft
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8.0
79668
8.0 |
Exclaim
Finn was able to dial the swagger back for Faith In The Future and replace it with nuance, subtlety
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8.0
79654
8.0 |
Mojo
His way with a plausible vignette remains impressive. Print edition only
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Q
Bringing a sense of rumination and redemption. Print edition only
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Gig Soup
If you hadn’t already considered Finn as one of best 21st Century American songwriters, alongside the likes of Ryan Adams and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), then this record will make him a serious contender
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8.0
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The Music
Finn has found another great outlet for the seemingly endless stories he has to tell
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80236
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
A literary songwriter who deserves, and earns, a broad canvas
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7.5
79666
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Points to an ongoing, fruitful artistic evolution
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7.5
79662
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Finn may be past recording the desperation and hopes of youth, but Faith in the Future shows he's more than capable of finding beauty, hope, and meaning in the desperation of adulthood too
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7.5
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7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Faith in the Future might be the record to give you faith in your own future. Until you die, of course. Which you will. We all will. And that’s okay
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7.0
79656
7.0 |
Uncut
Characteristically wordy and observant, free to be ruminative, lyrically and musically. Print edition only
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All Music
He comes off as an eccentric Springsteen of indie rock
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The Digital Fix
This doesn’t sound like a Hold Steady album, even the Bostonian's voice sounds different; more restrained, more introverted
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Finn’s adept and poetic lyrics along with some challenging music ensure there are some dark thrills on this perilous ride
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6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
One too many songs wallow in drab acoustic strumming without any compelling melodic payoff for Faith in the Future to ever quite take off into a higher gear
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6.3
79660
6.3 |
Pitchfork
The best songs succeed despite the music, not because of it
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6.0
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6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
These (sad) tales are left without the emotional heft – lyrically or musically – they require to truly hit home
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6.0 |
The Guardian
It’s the romance, warmth and gentle quirks of its orchestration that prevent the album getting overwhelmed by the intensity of its own neurotic narrative
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5.0
80422
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It just sounds like Finn treading water until his band come back for album number seven
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