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Summary:
The fourth album for the Canadian indie band was recorded at Watson's home studio in Montreal.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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May 3, 2012While Adventures In Your Own Backyard can't be described as instantly catchy, its songs wend their way into your memory as if you've always known them.
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May 11, 2012Surely the best album (so far) of 2012.
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012The overall effect is not dissimilar to a less arch Rufus Wainwright, although the quality of songs does tail off slightly toward the end. [Jul 2012, p.113]
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Apr 30, 2012Melancholic and joyful, it's both soft and harsh, but more impressive than any contradiction is the gorgeous use of timbre that takes over from the word go. A wonderfully simple, elegantly performed album that puts the importance of texture into perspective.
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Oct 9, 2012Adventures finds Watson's broad cinematic swaths bundled into a persistently intimate experience.
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MagnetMay 30, 2012Decidedly pleasant. [No.87 p.60]
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May 16, 2012Adventures in Your Own Backyard is about as confirmatory of an artist's status quo as an album can be; it takes Watson's style in no new directions, preferring instead to bask in its own childlike exuberance and to demonstrate all the trappings of ambition but little in the way of earning it.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jun 26, 2012
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Oct 24, 2014
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