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9.0
84167
9.0 |
PopMatters
It’s an outstanding debut
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8.3
84166
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Sure, Hills End peaks fairly early, but the album plateaus in a way that’s inviting, comfortable, and better yet, quite addicting
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8.0
84162
8.0 |
AU Review
An album that throws back to their influences, while also treading a fine enough line so Hills End isn’t just an album of tracks we’d heard before
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8.0
84164
8.0 |
FasterLouder
It is where DMA’s elevate their songs above typical Britpop fare that makes them stand out, with glimpses of psychedelia and grunge in on the singles ‘Too Soon’ and ‘Lay Down’
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8.0
84297
8.0 |
Gig Soup
DMA’s excel within their own bravado and swagger on 'Hills End', and in turn makes for an excellent album full of hooks and summer vibrancy from start to finish
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7.0
84257
7.0 |
The Music
To the extent that the album is pastiche, it is also both fresh and self-aware
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7.0
84163
7.0 |
Paste Magazine
An impressive debut for a group that originally began mostly as a songwriting collective than a performance act
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6.0
84165
6.0 |
The Guardian
Hills End is workmanlike, which is both its strength and its drawback: everything is in the right place, but who was ever overwhelmed by competence?
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6.0
84238
6.0 |
Q
DMA's may have reinvented themselves, but they won't reinvent the wheel. Print edition only
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4.0
84193
4.0 |
DIY
With too many easily forgettable songs, they still have a way to go
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2.5
84467
2.5 |
Beardfood
If you ever heard an Arctic Monkeys record this is unlistenable
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