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A.M. buzzes and drones, floats and wafts. It’s cloudy skies and open roads. It’s hypnotic and swirly, it’s warm and cosy. It’s static eyeballs and minimal movement. It’s spellbindingly gorgeous.
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It's interesting and challenging without being abstruse.
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A.M. may pick up some takers for fans of both protagonists' main bands but there is little here that will tempt the casual listener.
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Perhaps once Magnetic Morning figures out where they want to be, what the listener should expect is something more than a pleasant trip with some great moments, which is what this is now. Maybe they’ll get a record that appeals to all the waking world as well.
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UncutThe results can be ponderous, though Franklin's melodic smarts save things. [Jul 2009, p.93]
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Q MagazineOnly really worth investigating if you already own everything by the constituents' day-job acts. [Aug 2009, p.109]
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There's that unmistakable "side project" air surrounding this record, the sense that this is just an enjoyable way to wile away time during hiatuses in other endeavors.
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Unrelentingly maudlin and hell-bent on ramming every potential silence with soporific guitars and proverbially pathetic fallacy, ‘AM’ only perks up on its two covers.
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It’s disappointing that a duo this good on paper could be responsible for an album as uninspired as A.M. Even the album’s better songs (the piano-led 'And I Wonder' and the sauntering 'The Wrong Turning') are limp and tedious at best.