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The focus may be tighter and the refinement may be a little more obvious, but such things don't hold the band back on Antenna; rather they further the progress that has been showing itself with every Cave In release.
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Alternative PressThis should be in everyone's stereo this spring, as it may go down in the history books as the Pet Sounds for the aggressive-rock world. [Apr 2003, p.82]
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Like both Radiohead and Foo Fighters, Cave In is a stylistic chameleon that rarely uses its freewheeling taste as a crutch to present self-indulgent material.
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The songs may pay excessive homage in spirit, but their composition and divergent tones are wholly original.
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It sounds as if a bunch of no-bullshit straight-edgers have been cooped up in an underground drug den for a week with only Pink Floyd records for company, and then released blinking into the daylight and shuttled immediately into the recording studio.
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When you cover this sort of expansive, experimental territory, you're inevitably flirting with pomposity. But like Tool or Radiohead, Cave-In's progressiveness is hypnotic rather than alienating, played out with a sense of near-religious awe that's difficult to deny.
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A truly remarkable progression, and a great album to boot--Antenna is the work of a band that's constantly moving forward.
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Q MagazineThe most successful synthesis of their prog-tinged ambitions so far. [Apr 2003, p.102]
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MojoTheir most accessible, and arguably best, long-player yet. [Apr 2003, p.112]
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BlenderThe songs transform emo's search for truth and its vivid angst into great drama. [#15, p.122]
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There's plenty of pretense in the long-winded tone poems... But they also know how to deliver a concise pop song.
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UncutAntenna compresses the formula further, fetching up crisp, anthemic crunch-rock several notches above the inexplicably popular likes of Bush or Papa Roach. [May 2003, p.96]
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In short, if your favorite bands aren't played between Audioslave and Foo Fighters on modern rock radio, Cave In probably isn't one of them.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Jun 13, 2011
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jorisV.Aug 8, 2005
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ChrisAug 24, 2004