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Wiretap Scars
by Sparta
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
2.5835
Avg. Critic Score:
2.5737
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Entertainment WeeklyVacillates between supersoft verses and garishly loud hooks, undermining their attempts at lyrical nuance
Rolling Stonef The end came suddenly for at the Drive-In, a band of south-Texas indie rockers whose melodic rage and MC5 Afros fell into early retirement shortly after MTV embraced 2000's frantic "One Armed Scissor. ...more
Rolling StoneWhat Sparta gain in subtlety they lose in sheer force. ...more
All Music GuideWiretap Scars illustrates Sparta's ambition to move beyond At the Drive-In, but also the bandmembers' attempt to steer clear of mainstream emocore. ...more
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E! Online
The anthemic cries for getting your crap in order are flavored with dashes of sonic experimentation and the knowledge of when to slow things down. ...read the complete review at E! Online
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Splendid
While the band's sound isn't exactly the most original noise out there, they deliver with such impassioned conviction that you'll be more than willing to forget a few "sound alike" misgivings....read the complete review at Splendid
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Blender
It's in the quieter moments that Sparta truly...read the complete review at Blender
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The Austin Chronicle
The Fall on Deaf Ears(Post-Parlo)For an instant, At the Drive-In was the most exciting rock band on the planet. Yet the minute their potent buzz-bin cocktail sent them rocketing up the charts, the El Paso group imploded after five years of...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle
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The A.V. Club
The intense, politicized Texas punk band At The Drive-In broke up last year, just as its Relationship Of Command started selling. Striking while the iron was hot, three-fifths of the group—guitarist/vocalist Jim Ward, guitarist Paul Hinojos, and...read the complete review at The A.V. Club
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