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British Sea PowerValhalla Dancehall68 Based on 11 reviews 2011 Ranking: #345 / 498
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But Valhalla does further the once-evasive band’s increasingly egalitarian ambitions, with an emphasis on evangelical swells, big guitar hooks, and the BSP’s most inviting vocal melodies yet.
Valhalla Dancehall proves how they’re hardly one-dimensional flukes, always ready to curve expectations with a robust assortment of ideas.
Regardless, enough of Valhalla Dancehall's moments work surprisingly well, that despite its breadth and occasionally aggravating density, it becomes a spectacle worth experiencing.
Some will decry Valhalla Dancehall's essential familiarity, but on their fourth album proper British Sea Power are a band unique, complex and confident enough in their own right to remind us why we loved them in the first place whilst making modest refinements to their sound.
As long as British Sea Power continue to exist on their singular plane, it's easy to admire and probably overrate them for their ambition.
For the consummate BSP fan, Valhalla Dancehall will likely be met as a sufficient new entry in the band's growing discography.
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RATINGS
| 83 | A.V. Club |
| 74 | Paste |
| 71 | Beats Per Minute |
| 70 | AllMusic |
| 70 | Drowned in Sound |
| 70 | musicOMH |
| 70 | No Ripcord |
| 60 | Consequence of Sound |
| 60 | PopMatters |
| 55 | Pitchfork |
| 50 | Tiny Mix Tapes |
| # 48 - | The Fly |
| # 43 - | The Quietus |
| # 48 - | Under the Radar |
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