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Jun 16, 2015This is music in its purest, most experimental form. This is a record which doesn’t make sense, because it doesn’t have to.
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Jul 20, 2015It’s sheer exuberance and brilliance in equal force.
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Jun 16, 2015Hare’s both sides show that in fact, the door of Glass Boys was just what they needed. With their past now packed away, they can essentially do whatever they want and their inherent Fucked Up-ness will still shine through.
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Jun 16, 2015Being adventurous can often mean over-reaching but, in this case, the production turns familiar elements into one of Fucked Up’s most intriguing recordings yet.
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Jun 16, 2015Year of the Hare is best recommended to fans who already have a grasp of Fucked Up's more esoteric moments--beginners should try 2011's David Comes to Life or 2014's Glass Boys--but this is still smart, lively, and thoroughly individual music from one of the most free-thinking bands to emerge from the punk rock underground.
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Aug 12, 2015It’s the band’s plainest meta-record yet: a recording that calls deliberate attention to its own materiality as a recording.
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Kerrang!Jun 18, 2015Year Of The Hare might need multiple listens, but if you can spare the time, you just might uncover it's secret. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
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Jun 17, 2015While Year of the Hare offers nice sounds and concepts, it essentially works best as background music.
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MagnetJul 8, 2015This laudable open-mindedness [to try anything] may have finally backfired. [No. 122, p.55]