"From Here" - Interviews, articles and reviews

[marius]

Praise from dutch music magazine “Oor”


https://oor.nl/albums/new-model-army-from-here/

[sam37]

https://www.laut.de/New-Model-Army/Alben/From-Here-112528

[Guillaume]

1st (??) French review:

http://critiqueselonmoi.canalblog.com/archives/2019/08/24/37588606.html?fbclid=IwAR0Wwyo-6oXhr87BbIN2VXm9eeKCfweZzmlB-2t9saTogdABdqBk1eQJEAQ

Overall: generic NMA sound, not really surprising, not among their best albums but still enjoyable with some good tracks ("Passing through", "Never arriving", "End of days" and "Conversation")

[Valstar]

1st (??) French review:

http://critiqueselonmoi.canalblog.com/archives/2019/08/24/37588606.html?fbclid=IwAR0Wwyo-6oXhr87BbIN2VXm9eeKCfweZzmlB-2t9saTogdABdqBk1eQJEAQ

Overall: generic NMA sound, not really surprising, not among their best albums but still enjoyable with some good tracks ("Passing through", "Never arriving", "End of days" and "Conversation")

Seems to have enjoyed it more than just « some good tracks », he said there was moments of grace, and gave it 4/5 

[Guillaume]

Seems to have enjoyed it more than just « some good tracks », he said there was moments of grace, and gave it 4/5 

Where do you see the 4/5 rating?
The end of the review is a bit weird/ambiguous, he writes that the album is a good rock exercise, and it's pretty good for a band like NMA because he no longer had expectations from the band!

[Valstar]

Yes, he said it was a pleasant surprise because he had no expectations. The 4/5 is not written as if, look at the scale he do before the review, there’s stuff ranging from « not to play with people around » to « toddler friendly », the last item is a conclusion scale going :
- I’ve listened once but that was one too many
- after a few listening I still have trouble appreciate it
- I listen to it easily but with no emotions
- I really enjoy listening to it
- I listen only to this record since Weeks

So it appears to me as a scale from 1 to 5, and NMA was on the 4th, « I really enjoy listening to it » 

I agree with you, it’s not a conventional review, but the overall is really positive, look at the comments in red before the review they are all great !

[Guillaume]

Yes, he said it was a pleasant surprise because he had no expectations.

I asked him in the comments and he answered to me that he had no expectations because he thinks , even if the last albums are rather good, that he loved the style of the band in the 80's but that this style has little evolved/changed through the years , a bit samey in the 90's and 2000's, except maybe he seems to suggest, when they made "Between dog and wolf" in 2013 

[Valstar]

Thinking Thunder (really folk) and LoHC (pop) are the same seems difficult to me, but after all I think all black metal releases sound the same when other people hear a world of differences between 2 BM bands 
I saw your comments there, made one too but it was never published ...

[sam37]

Nice interview in german:

https://www.n-tv.de/leute/musik/New-Model-Army-feuern-zurueck-article21230553.html

[Guillaume]

http://bigtakeover.com/recordings/NewModelArmyFromHereearMUSIC

[Anna Woman von NRW]

Thanks y'all for posting the reviews - been following them and by and large very positive and I gather NMA will make the top 10 in the album charts (must admit didn't realise they still existed  ) . One slight gripe - is it the law for an obligatory reference to the family ? - a bit outdated like clogs methinks.

[sam37]

https://whiskey-soda.de/new-model-army-innehalten-nicht-mehr-schreien/100306/

https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-neue-alben-new-model-army-from-here-_arid,1509170.html

[Guillaume]

Nice positive review on the french site/magazine Obskure:

https://www.obskure.com/new-model-army-from-here-2019.html

[Master Ray]

Nice positive review on the french site/magazine Obskure:

https://www.obskure.com/new-model-army-from-here-2019.html

Nice review!

[Guillaume]

Amazon.com review:

MDSKI
4,0 sur 5 étoiles
2 septembre 2019

NMA keeps plugging along, slowly growing and morphing and remaining prolific. From Here continues the crusty tribal phase they began with the release of Between Dog and Wolf, and it has all the good and the less-good in common with most of their output this past decade. The songwriting and consistency on this record seems to be a step-up from Winter, which at times just meandered a bit for me. Unfortunately - like all NMA records from this century they just need an editor. These albums are all just 3 or 4 songs too dang long, and there's a whole lot of band-in-a-basement songwriting. A lot of songs just seem to plod along. I know these guys are getting up there in age, but gimme something punchy. Get in and get out. Also - the mix/master is just hot as can be. Peaking and distorted. It's a bit rough on the ears. Justin is on record as saying the master tapes of the earlier records sound so much better than recent digital records. If that's the case, I wish they could work up the budget to record on tape again, as this overall sounds pretty dreadful.

This review sounds negative.
It's not. Great band, good songs, overlong, sloppy production. may they live forever.