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Mission Control
by The Whigs
This is the sophomore album for the indie rock band from Athens, Georgia.
| LABEL: |
ATO |
| RELEASE DATE: |
22 January 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
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...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Unabashedly hook-filled, the album will leave you aching to see this group live. [25 Jan 2008, p.70]
80
PopMatters
The album sounds like something complete, that survived the changes that were necessary to make it.
80
Billboard
Taking pages out of some very strong playbooks (think Superchunk, Guided by Voices, early Wilco), the Whigs find a way to revive honest-to-goodness pop rock for a new generation.
80
The New York Times
The Whigs are from Athens, Ga., and like Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket, they give what they’ve learned from indie-rock a distinctly Southern stamp: a drawl in the vocals, twang and resonance in the guitars, a sense of continuity with the past..
78
Austin Chronicle
A noisy fun house bouncing around Nirvana, the Replacements, and Guided by Voices, the Whigs' sophomore slam is just as likely to push you up against a wall as whisper pillow talk.
75
The Phoenix
The 11 songs here clock in at a tidy 37 minutes--plenty of time to flavor the straight-ahead rock jolts with spaced-out country-rock ballads and pop-flavored rave-up replete with a horn section.
70
Magnet
The Whigs occassionally hit on moments of poignancy, but most of their time is spent reinventing the classic-rock wheel in a rather self-aware fashion. [Winter 2008, p.114]
70
Hot Press
American slacker act back on track.
70
Alternative Press
The problem with this kind of timeless rock 'n' roll is that every city in the U.S. has a band who have mnore or less mastered it. [Feb 2008, p.119]
70
Spin
It swaggers like prime Replacements, though with far better polish. [Jan 2008, p.103]
70
Prefix Magazine
Mission Control is a collection of catchy, raucous tunes. There’s little innovation here, but that’s not what these guys are about.
67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
With drums drained of nuance and guitars always overpowering, the basic song structures sound formulaic. The few songs with radical differences stand out as models of power-pop craft:
60
Rolling Stone
Here the lyrics continue presentable insofar as they're audible. But what they, the riffs or the Whigs mean, no one knows.
60
Q Magazine
The punchy power-pop of Mission Control owes more to the Foo Fighters. [July 2008, p.113]
60
Uncut
If you wish The Hold Steady didn't look so clean, this is the band for you. [Aug 2008, p.113]
60
NOW Magazine
The Whigs are at their best when they embrace their more overt pop sensibilities over the wall-of-guitars thing, but it sounds like they need to expand their record collections.
60
All Music Guide
They have enough clatter and commotion to keep Mission Control moving at a brisk pace, but they could use some extra oomph.
60
Blender
This successor improves, sonically (recording in a studio with a producer will do that) and in its energy and sharp writing.
30
Under The Radar
For people who enjoy overly polished, sub-par bar bands. [Winter 2008, p.89]
The average user rating for this album is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
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