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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the Chicago band influenced by 1980s new wave and alternative rock was produced by Claudius Mittendorfer.
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- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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Sep 25, 2012All in all, Art History is a safe, solid debut effort from a band in the process of defining their sound.
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Sep 25, 2012If still very much finding their feet, California Wives nonetheless have a very good thing going that could really set them apart with whatever they go for next.
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Oct 3, 2012Take the record for what it is--a breezy, fun but ultimately unfulfilled attempt at an electro-pop statement album.
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Sep 27, 2012California Wives' music is soft and pleasant and fully formed and vague. Their lyrics are ciphers.
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Sep 25, 2012The disc steadily loses steam after its first two tracks.
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