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Tiny Mix Tapes

Trans Am's Liberation is one of those rare albums that combine great musicianship, irony, sonic diversity, and originality. And to top it all off, the album rocks.

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Dusted Magazine

While I’ll miss how amusingly unpredictable TA could be, I can’t complain about their first long-player that works, front to back.

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PopMatters

A political record as grand, explicit, and opaque as Radiohead's Hail to the Thief.

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Q Magazine

There is something unceasingly engaging about Trans Am. [Apr 2004, p.122]

Delusions of Adequacy

An interesting collage of styles.

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Junkmedia

It's a bit of a disappointment considering the rich subject matter, though Trans Am prove themselves once again masters of their own oblique domain.

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Alternative Press

They've beefed up their bombastic prog-rock guitars and grandiose, Teutonic synth motifs to new levels of virtuoso excess. [Feb 2004, p.93]

The Wire

If nothing else, these [political] elements give Liberation a darker hue. [#240, p.67]

Logo

‘Liberation’ is the most damning indictment of the Bush administration yet recorded, and it’s all subliminal. Magnificent.

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Urb

Gleefully uneasy listening. [Feb 2004, p.82]

Entertainment Weekly

Unfortunately, Trans Am's New Order-meets-Chemical Brothers synth-nostalgia seldom provides a sufficiently scintillating soapbox. [20 Feb 2004, p.67]

Almost Cool

An ambitious, if flawed new album that once again tries to include many different things on one release, but unfortunately stumbles in several places.

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Splendid

As a political album, Liberation may only be half-successful, but I'd still take angry Trans Am over the schlocky Trans Am of TA any day.

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Mojo

Chopper blades and police sirens pepper the album; indeed, shorn of this angsty hum, the by turns pastoral and metallic instrumental tracks pale. [Apr 2004, p.106]

Uncut

Delivered via rolling, thunderous rhythms--part Can, part Black Sabbath--moody synths and mournfully melodic guitar, using the slow-build-to-explosion method. [Apr 2004, p.91]

All Music Guide

While Trans Am's need to express their political views and their cliché-busting approach are both admirable, unfortunately their ways of expressing their dissent aren't all that inspired.

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Billboard

Try as the trio might to inform its '80s pastiche with an extra degree of menace, the disc ends up sounding like the same old Trans Am: part Rush, part "Miami Vice" soundtrack and part pranksters just taking the piss.

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Blender

Often translates into little more than spliced Dubya soundbites and “spooky” found sounds (helicopter blades, police sirens) played over dour, noncommittal loops.

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Rolling Stone

[A] forgettable art project. [4 Mar 2004, p.66]

Stylus Magazine

Friends: believe me when I say that the combination between the two disparate elements–unbearably goofy synth-pop and sub-par commentary on various parties’ political shortcomings–is indeed a deadly one.

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