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- Summary: The second album for the rock band led by John J. McCauley III, now includes three new members.
- Record Label: Partisan
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Folk
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| Smith Hill | |
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| Elbows on the window sill My head against the pane You've seen so many grow and die But you forgot most of their names So I fire that arrow into the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 4 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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The likes of "Little White Lies" (lost love as spirit death), "Straight Into a Storm" (found love as rock and roll life), and "Song About a Man" (grandpa) translate perfectly into their long-diddled dialect.
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From its swampy backwoods grooves to its alpha-male protagonists, Born on Flag Day is a fundamentally, rivetingly nostalgic album.
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Taken for what it is: strong folk leanings, with a sweet country shuffle, delivered with some of the best lyrics of the year, they all make for one brilliant combination.
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As deft revivalists of “country” in all its forms, the four guys in Deer Tick are entitled to wallow. Luckily, though, their second album delivers doses of pop buoyancy.
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Under The RadarBorn On Flag Day is sure to be slightly damned by Deer Tick's earlier success; it's no radical step forward, but McCauley was already on a good path. [Summer 2009, p.74]
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Unlike "War Elephant," which resembled an indie band’s stab at country, Born On Flag Day suggests a headlong dive into the canon, with little irony and varying results.
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Deer Tick's primary shortcoming is that the band evokes authentically gutty music from the past without noticeably inserting much of themselves into the equation, achieving superficial mimesis and comforting recognition while failing to put their own stamp on their creations.
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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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WardT.Jun 26, 2009
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