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- Summary: 'Beast' marks the debut for Swan Lake, the new collaboration between Destroyer's Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug and Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Are You Swimming In Her Pools? | |
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Are you swimming in her pools? Are you swimming in her pools? Ahahaha Will you be brushing off her snow? Will you be brushing off her snow? Will you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 20
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Mixed: 9 out of 20
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Negative: 2 out of 20
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Alternative PressIt seems that when you mix superstar indie-ites, everything is increased exponentially. [Dec 2006, p.190]
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UrbBeast Moans has the sound of self-produced rough cuts, mastered so treble-heavy and synth-garbled that it'll never actually feel like a finished record. Which is exactly the appeal. [Nov 2006, p.139]
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Beast Moans works far better than anyone should have expected.
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UncutBeast Moans can be drowsy at times... but it's punctuated by bursts of poetic insight and near-orgasmic glee. [Jan 2007, p.103]
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Ultimately, that’s the problem: No one can really decide where to take these songs, so everyone takes them everywhere.
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It makes for a great atmospheric record, no doubt, but not the indie-rock tour de force one would expect from these guys.
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A muddled mess of convoluted textures that is at times, frankly, unlistenable.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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DaveGDec 2, 2006
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BigTomCasualNov 28, 2006
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MartinNov 27, 2006
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FredJNov 30, 2006
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ErikHDec 9, 2006
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atticushFeb 9, 2007interesting stuff but ultimately kind of disappointing. it all kind of mixes into one long sludge. albeit sludge with pretty cool moments.
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kdeFeb 23, 2007there are a couple brilliant moments jammed into between far too much poorly produced and never quite fully flushed out songs.
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