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Leaves Turn Inside You
by Unwound
The first album in three years for the indie rockers is an epic 2-CD set.
| LABEL: |
Kill Rock Stars |
| RELEASE DATE: |
17 April 2001 |
| DISCS: |
2 discs |
| GENRE(S): |
Indie, Rock |
NOTES: Also available as a 2xLP. The CD release contains music videos playable on a computer.
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...
100
The Wire
Marks a radical departure in its scope and overall sound.... Unwound have reinvented their music as Progressive hardcore, framing abstract conceits in rock solid structures. This brave, ambitious record retains its edge in a blur of invention. [#206, p.76]
100
Splendid
A powerful masterpiece of an album.
90
Drawer B
It is the band’s most fully realized musical achievement.... A monumental album by a monumental band.
90
Pitchfork
In many respects, Leaves Turn Inside You is the band's most ambitious, sweeping, and difficult outing yet.... I'm convinced that, if you've been following this band's development, the initial bewildered expression on your face will give way to total enchantment, and this new, boldly different Unwound album will have you in its grip for months to come.
90
All Music Guide
A unique, epic effort from one of the most inventive and dynamic rock bands in recent memory.
90
Neumu.net
Even in the record's most strung-out moments of tension and distortion, Unwound sound nothing more than soft and sweet.
90
Spin
Rounding off the edges of its tried and true punk-rock grind with the melodic and rhythmic tropes of '60s psychedelia, Unwound has perfectly re-imagined a sound that most art-students wouldn't even spit on the first time around.
80
CDNow
Unlike the band's earlier material, which echoed with thunderous volume, Leaves Turn Inside You is textural and sedate, combining the hazy urgency of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation with the creativity of Yo La Tengo and the ethereality of Slowdive.
80
PopMatters
Unwound plays with a tightness and richness that few bands can touch anymore; they have turned into the metal Minutemen.
75
Nude As The News
This album is to Unwound what Daydream Nation was to Sonic Youth: the application of wild imagination and ruthless harmonies to a more mainstream format, while largely dispensing with their heritage and experiments.
70
Village Voice
Where Unwound's songs have usually been jagged or drained, Leaves Turn Inside You remains level for two discs (almost 80 minutes), making it one of the darkest, most placid hard rock records since Soundgarden's Superunknown.
70
Mojo
A string quartet, reverby backing vocals, and Kraut keys crowd the songs like weeds strangling a once hearty plant. [May 2001, p.104]
70
Alternative Press
This is Unwound's Kid A, in that they've turned their back on the rock in favor of something more atmospheric, but even more significantly, they've tossed out all the old recipes and made the future unpredictable. Problem is, they've fixed something that wasn't broken. [Jul 2001, p.85]
The average user rating for this album is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
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