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- Summary: The indie rock trio from Berkeley, California, releases its first album on Rough Trade, which was produced by band member Chris Chu and Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor.
- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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| You tried to taste me I taped my tongue to the southern tip of your body Our bones are too heavy to come up Squished into a single cell of wood And... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 14 out of 22
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Mixed: 8 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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It's not extraordinarily original, but they do a masterful job at piecing together classic pop elements in an incredibly thoughtful and enjoyable way, crafting an album that's sure to please indie snobs, pop purists and, well, anyone else who might be listening.
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Giving too much credit to Taylor's influence and direction, however, undermines the Morning Benders' stylistic transition, one any band would envy and many listeners will love.
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Big Echo takes a page from Pet Sounds by allowing the production to shine on its own, highlighting the studio embellishments but never shifting focus away from the band’s own hooks.
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The result is a collection of pop songs with a good sense of both depth and dynamics.
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The main thing preventing Big Echo from being a very good (or even a great) album is that the bulk of it is clearly and undeniably influenced by the quieter moments from Grizzly Bear’s oeuvre.
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Big Echo is hardly a bad record, and is not without its charms. It contains a clutch of songs and moments that long-time fans will cherish for years to come, yet is grievously unable to sustain that excellence in light of such a wealth of new circumstances.
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Under The RadarBig Echo is a challenging album that coheres in bits, but searches more often than it finds. [Winter 2010, p.64]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Oct 28, 2010
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