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  • Summary: The first release in five years for the Brooklyn rock band led by Michael Gerner features a new six-piece lineup.
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
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  1. Mar 28, 2013
    70
    An A.merican D.ream comes off like an updated version of the walking blues: heavy looks at heavy times, made all the heavier when the narrator is positioned somewhere between genius and mental breakdown.
  2. 60
    This album doesn’t pack enough punches to provoke or demand a rebuttal, and given the length of VietNam’s hibernation after their debut, they may head straight back there if there’s no impetus to keep them in the spotlight.
  3. Mar 28, 2013
    58
    An A.merican D.ream struts back into those alleyways, but devoid of any kind of humor.
  4. Mar 28, 2013
    47
    As silly as the songs on an A.merican D.ream are, it is Gerner’s wincingly theatrical vocals that really take the album into the realm of unintentional comedy.