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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Texas rock band is its first without singer Tim Smith, who left in November 2012.
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- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 24
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Mixed: 5 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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Nov 6, 2013Antiphon is going to divide opinion, but give it a chance--it might just be the best thing they’ve ever done.
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Nov 4, 2013Despite the undercurrents of melancholia, Antiphon is another impeccably realised meld of bucolic 70s folk and radio-friendly soft rock, as warm and assured as it is adventurous.
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Q MagazineNov 21, 2013These Texans stick to the plan: the concoction of very wonderful thinking-dudes' rock albums, recycling yesteryear's classic vinyl. [Dec 2013, p.110]
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Oct 30, 2013Is it Pulido? The absence of Smith? The third act crawl? In truth, all play a damaging part. Despite these irks, Antiphon is everything that it needs to be; a new beginning, loaded with promise. That's enough for now.
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Nov 14, 2013The most effective songs on Antiphon are those that one-up the band’s former approach with confidence, skill and purpose.
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Jan 13, 2014The tempos vary, sort of, but there’s a mood on this record that’s hard to qualify and never wavers.
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Nov 4, 2013They swiftly slump back into portentous jams made for mourning failed crops, made worse by the ye olde farmhand Yoda-isms of Eric Pulido.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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