He went solo and they got back together this year. Silent Alarm was fantastic, the other two had their moments but "Octopus" was a very strong lead single and had my hopes up for a return to form. Even something the standard of the second album would've been a success but this is as bad as the 3rd.
Thinks there's some really good songs on it that eclipse anything on the last record and equal some of my favorites from the second album. I really like the more atmospheric tracks on it...not so sure about when they try to rock out. As an album they'll never come close to the debut again though.
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Pitchfork gave it a whopping 4.9 which is pretty bad even by their wanker standards.
Mediocre write up in Q but decent rating.
Well if any of their previous efforts are anything to go by 4.9 is generous.
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