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MojoJul 24, 2014Await Barbarians reminds of Alex Chilton or even Liam Hayes's earliest music as Plush. [Jul 2014, P.87]
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Jul 1, 2014Await Barbarians largely sounds like a sketchbook, or even an EP, with Taylor working through ideas.
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Jun 23, 2014It may not be an album you’ll come back to again and again, but it shows off a refreshingly different side to Alexis Taylor.
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Jun 16, 2014Await Barbarians is often beatless and unelectronic, sparse and meditative.
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Jun 9, 2014It's not without charm--the needle-jump static of 'Dolly And Porter' gently drives a sweet melody; stroboscopic flickers of synth make a gripping arrangement for 'Closer To The Elderly'--but too often it's just Taylor's fragile voice cooing drab, introspective mantras over sparse electric piano.
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Jun 25, 2014Given what he’s proven capable of as part of his main gig, though, it’s hard not to wish that, when left to his own devices, he made more of an effort to get outside of his own head.
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The WireJul 21, 2014While this collection of songs is indeed tremendously soft, too many vibrations are swept under the rug of Taylor's voice. [Aug 2014, p.58]
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Jun 26, 2014One or two additional flashes of brilliance fail to act as saving graces, however, leaving Await Barbarians a disappointing effort from one of modern pop's mavericks.
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Jun 13, 2014Taylor doesn’t hit the requisite hands-flailing-in-the-air, feet-stomping sweet spot we’ve come to expect.
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Jun 5, 2014Intimate and involving doesn’t necessarily mean that the record is engaging, however, and some tracks wash over without an impression, ultimately making this feel like little more than an indulgent side-project.