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10.0
97618
10.0 |
The Arts Desk
The work of a group of experimentalists with all their faculties on full power
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8.6
97656
8.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Boris doesn't have any obligation to still be putting out records this captivating, but Dear most certainly captivates
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8.4
97745
8.4 |
Gig Soup
They’re as vital and wildly idiosyncratic now as they’ve ever been and remain an uncompromising and ambiguous entity
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8.0
97659
8.0 |
Exclaim
If you dig deep enough, it's an album filled with surprises from a band that continue to impress
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8.0
97662
8.0 |
All Music
Boris again prove their mettle as rock leviathans
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8.0
97860
8.0 |
Mojo
Celebrate their quarter century in seismic style. Print edition only
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8.0
97888
8.0 |
The FT
The Japanese trio show no loss of appetite for the heavy world of high-decibel, slow-tempo riffs
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8.0
97913
8.0 |
The Quietus
Dear could have been the end of the trip. But a quarter of a century in, Boris remain alert at the controls as they pilot their craft into uncharted galaxies, boldly going where no group has gone before
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8.0
98138
8.0 |
The 405
Dear is the kind of record that manages to put even Sun O)))’s wall of sound to shame
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7.3
97621
7.3 |
Pitchfork
On Dear, the Japanese trio hones in on their most essential quality—the ability to wrest subtlety from thick layers of distortion and volume
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7.0
99047
7.0 |
No Ripcord
It seems appropriate that Boris would revisit the mud-caked riffage of yore in an effort to recognize the sound(s) that defined their earliest work
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7.0
97988
7.0 |
PopMatters
Legendary Tokyo-based experimental trio, Boris, take a dive into their past in order to discover a new found energy and move forward
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6.9
97747
6.9 |
Paste Magazine
About hour and a half worth of protracted drone metal, inexorable as creeping insanity. It’s psychedelic in a chthonic way and sounds as though it was recorded live in an underground cavern
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6.0
97796
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
A nightcap on a career that stretches longer than the road ahead
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6.0
97652
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Excels in gurgles and squelches but the more standard use of guitars is grating – overly serious and not exciting
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6.0
97619
6.0 |
The Skinny
While Dear is full of fun moments, it is a slog. Its fairly monotonous drone, while a defining characteristic of Boris' sound, gets rather wearisome after a while to the more casual listener
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6.0
97620
6.0 |
Under The Radar
While intended as a love letter to their longtime fans, this 23rd LP from the Japanese rockers feels more like an optimal entry point for newcomers
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6.0
98110
6.0 |
Q
There's beauty amid the sonic desolation. Print edition only
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6.0
98228
6.0 |
Crack
Will this be Boris’s humble letter of resignation? If Dear is anything to go by, it sounds more like a band putting more fuel in the tank rather than acknowledging their creative demise
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