by
Lee Ranaldo
- Record Label: Matador Records
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2012
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MojoMar 23, 2012Throughout, Ranaldo and Nels Cline build up layers of eloquent, electrifying guitar.... Satisfying. [Apr 2012, p.95]
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Mar 21, 2012A motley assortment of Sonic Youth nods, acoustic entreaties, and cloying pop-rockers, Ranaldo's opportunity to step out of the Sonic Youth shadows and into his own proper spotlight is mostly a miss made of mediocrity.
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May 4, 2012It's great to hear the third voice in Sonic Youth stretching out. But it's also a reminder of their irreplaceable magic.
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Mar 19, 2012The album is more interesting sonically in the tension between questing guitars and straightforward song structures than it is in terms of lyrics, which aim to be down to earth but end up middle of the road.