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Darkness At Noon

EMAILPRINTby A Hawk And A Hacksaw

A Hawk And A Hacksaw reviews
73
7.5 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Album Info

Label: Leaf

Release Date: 05 April 2005

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Indie, Rock

Summary

Jeremy Barnes is backed by additional musicians on this second eclectic AHAAH disc, which encompasses styles from folk to klezmer to mariachi.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

90

Lost At Sea

Darkness at Noon is the most exciting record to be put out this semester.

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83

Stylus Magazine

What is remarkable is the way that they have made a recording that can remain entertaining and engaging, resist becoming background, even while leaving you with the nagging sense that it was about nothing but the act of musical reference itself.

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80

The Wire

Darkness At Noon works because it doggedly pursues its convictions through to a satisfying conclusion and in doing so creates its own kind of offbeat logic. [#254, p.53]

80

Dusted Magazine

Darkness at Noon thrives on pushing and pulling the listener from emotional peak to valley.

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80

Splendid

You'll feel lost and totally submerged in a sublime experience that's timeless, exciting and free from boundaries.

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73

Pitchfork

Though Barnes and company fail to bring this bewildering array of streams into confluence, the album contains enough flashes of such melodic invention and daredevil instrumentation that armchair travelers can't help but be drawn to the group's exotic scrapbook.

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70

Q Magazine

An absorbing, exuberant flourish of outwardly incompatible genres. [Apr 2005, p.122]

60

Uncut

Horrific it's not, but with its cover of protest song "Portlandtown" and Dubya-inspired lyrics on "Laughter In The Dark", neither is it an innocent pleasure. [Apr 2005, p.105]

60

Urb

Is similarly turn of the last century electronic, but in a darker and less slice and diced way. [May 2005, p.92]

60

Under The Radar

It's interesting, at times catchy, but should be avoided if klezmer and mariachi aren't your bag. [#9]

60

Junkmedia

It all recalls a traveling Klezmer troupe, unsure of its audience, warming up with tributes to "Schindler's List", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", and "The Godfather", while waiting to find out if they're playing a festival or a funeral.

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50

Prefix Magazine

More carnival claustrophobia than world tour.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tomas A gave it an8:
Great album with a certain mood

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