83/100 across twenty-one reviews — one of the year’s most-covered records. After the shoegaze turn of Infinite Granite, Deafheaven plug the saturated guitars and raw screams back in: Lonely People With Power reconciles the band’s two faces, black-metal violence and luminous melancholy.
Critics hail a return to roots that forgets none of the melodic gains. Twenty-one writers, one conclusion: George Clarke’s band remains one of the most important of its generation. Rating: 8.
