Amplifying Host - Richard Youngs
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
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  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Jul 19, 2011
    80
    Alongside Youngs' anxious, distracted acoustic guitar picking, the most characteristic sound of this album is a damaged electric guitar, pealing its mournful, inarticulate song again and again.
  2. The Wire
    Aug 17, 2011
    80
    Clamber aboard and settle in for a very sweet ride. [Jul 2011, p.55]
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Jul 19, 2011
    75
    Most of the album's six tracks begin in the same place, with a blue note bent harshly against Youngs' own meandering arpeggios.
  4. Uncut
    Jul 28, 2011
    60
    Youngs' atonal yelpings and the bizarre tangents his big guitar shapes take won't be to the tastes of those who like their music a tad less askew--but acclimatise yourself to Young's off-kilter take and there are some rewards here. [Aug 2011, p.107]
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