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- Summary: The Chicago rock band's latest album is also the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
- Record Label: Dead Oceans
- Genre(s): Rock, Experimental
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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As with songs like "The Orchids" and "Spider's House," the continued confidence in slow, sleepy numbers, hinting more towards the ambient side of experimental folk, like the devastating "Krill" or the aforementioned "Evidence" suggests that as Rutili ages, his music will only grow in accessibility, relying less and less on the clatter of his youth. Songs like "Gauze" used to be austere nuggets buried in the noise, but these days, the noisy abstractions are, for the most part, the odd-man out.
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Each song shows new facets of their sound.
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They are doing the same thing they always do, which entails gorgeous and gracefully surprising variations on a deeply resonant motif.
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UncutTheir seventh album is the soundtrack to a full-length film made by singer Tim Rutili but comfortably works on its own, sounding genuinely unlike anyone else - every song contains a surprise, however minor. [Nov 2009, p. 83]
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Under The RadarIt is brilliant, conjuring stark, cinematic imagery via Rutli's off-kilter antiquated lyrical motifs, and a vintage instrumental aesthetic that's paradoxically forward-looking. [Falll 2009, p.57]
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FilterCalifone's first EP in 1998 may have been ahead of its time, and now, 11 years later, just might be the time when the band has truly grown into its own. [Fall 2009, p.94]
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MojoIt is a slow-growing treasure that reveals a little more of itself with each listen. [Nov 2009, p.94]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jan 17, 2013
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