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9.0
98127
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
Never ones to shy away from anything, and always the ones at the front, The Fall remain one of the most important bands around
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8.0
98129
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
New Facts Emerge fits comfortably in the group’s impossibly large catalog of difficult, abrasive, ultimately enthralling releases
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8.0
98198
8.0 |
Uncut
He's louder and stranger than ever, growling his way through 11 songs that mix stomping glam rackets with lumbering. Print edition only
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8.0
98199
8.0 |
Mojo
Could be said to be business as usual: ie, it cannot be quantified, and pulses with raw music, stimulating confusion and a certain monstrous glee
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8.0
98114
8.0 |
Q
A colourful addition to Smith's rambling cannon. Print edition only
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8.0
98264
8.0 |
The Quietus
A superb record - sharp and absolutely dangerous
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8.0
98007
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
New Facts Emerge is one of the best things Smith has put his name too in a decade, the most complete and satisfyingly bonkers Fall album since 2008’s Imperial Wax Solvent
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7.0
98255
7.0 |
PopMatters
At 60, Smith continues, as very few of his peers have from the punk era, to challenge audiences
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6.8
98048
6.8 |
Pitchfork
More than an average release for a legacy band
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6.0
98056
6.0 |
The Observer
Mark E Smith still has something to say
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6.0
98014
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Smith is in fine fettle on Fol De Rol and Brillo De Facto: tight, repetitive, guitar-driven cuts with the Salford native snarling viciously
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6.0
98016
6.0 |
The Guardian
Bright pop riffs lift the eerie drama
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6.0
98008
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Repetitive, discordant, and utterly bizarre
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6.0
98070
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
New Facts Emerge is, as is the case with The Fall’s output, a challenge to the listener - daring you to turn off and fuck off, but would we expect any less?
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5.0
98009
5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This is no return to form, but it has its merits. Thing is, we’d rather The Fall kept making average records than not existing at all
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5.0
98065
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
One resounding detail arises here: whilst not reprehensible, New Facts Emerge is certainly massively forgettable
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4.2
98010
4.2 |
A.V. Club
Smith doesn’t have to prove anything. Really, I’m just glad he’s still out there, still doing the work. The work sounds terrible, but I’m still comforted that it exists
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