Rolling Stone (p.74) - "On DARKLANDS, the Reid brothers stripped away the feedback and came blinking into the light with acoustic guitars and uplifting sentiments..."
Q (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "As an album, DARKLANDS lays bare the beauty of William's melodic vision."
Q (1/95, p.273) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Not since The Cure's PORNOGRAPHY and Joy Division's CLOSER had depression sounded so attractive to so many....A touchstone '80s work..."
Uncut (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The stoned acoustics and Lee Hazlewood languor of DARKLANDS were a brave step back from the feedback brink..."
Alternative Press (p.200) - "[DARKLANDS] combined woozy girl-group echoes and booming, rainy-day reverb to create a perfect proto-shoegazing album."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey purposefully refined the dynamics to craft genuine pop hits..."
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