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Dec 20, 2016In a nutshell: fuzzily fierce.
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MojoNov 22, 2016There's a palpable connection to their country's dread history that allows Wolf People to transcend their music's fantasy elements, whiles still being properly fantastic. [Jan 2017, p.96]
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Nov 15, 2016The songs on Ruins are sharply focused and blessedly heavy. [Dec 2016, p.36]
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Nov 15, 2016Ruins is an undeniably heavy bit of business, and if given time to work its magic, it will both infect and inspire.
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Nov 15, 2016If Fairport Convention had preferred Black Sabbath to Bob Dylan, they might have sounded like this.
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Nov 17, 2016Ruins shows an added steel and stronger resolve, the sound of a band toughening up, but still retaining that initial spirit that made them so distinctive.
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Nov 15, 2016It may be 2016, but this album has a sound and feel straight out of the early ‘70s. There are hints of Led Zeppelin, snatches of Black Sabbath and huge chunks of Jethro Tull crammed into the mix, but it never really sounds derivative.
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MagnetDec 15, 2016On "Kingfisher," the album's centerpiece, they prove when it's perfectly balanced with a subtle instrumental approach. [No. 138, p.61]