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Pitchfork 8.6/10 AWLWLB is an example of building on and mastering the music you loved when you were younger-- something that became more than music, ultimately-- so that it has a chance to grow old with you without becoming any less vital.
A.V. Club B While All We Love lacks cohesion in spots, it solidifies Converge’s position as one of hardcore’s most progressive yet soulful stalwarts.
The Needle Drop 8/10 With more than twenty years under its belt, Massachusetts hardcore act Converge is still going strong on its latest album, All We Love We Leave Behind.
NME 3/5 Though dependably abrasive, anthems of doomed youth just aren’t as brilliantly nihilistic when they sound like they’ve got AC/DC’s Angus Young on guitar.
All Music 5/5 What Converge has always done masterfully is to fuse the cyclonic, mosh-pit chaos of punk with the unrelenting precision of thrash, and blistering, cuts like "Vicious Muse," "Shame in the Way," and "Sparrow's Fall" deliver that mission statement in bloody, two minute bursts that further cements the group's reputation as the Webster's definition of American hardcore.
The Skinny 4/5 Quite how they continue to wring such invention from a genre so vulnerable to musical regurgitation is rather startling.
Pop Matters 8/10 In its totality, this release manages to defy comparison to past albums by keeping this band’s relentless passion for their art burning bright for all to see right up until the very end.
Spectrum Culture 80% A rare feat for a band that’s been around for 20-plus years—and a reminder that a youthful punk’s energy and integrity can still be maintained as one reaches middle age and beyond.
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