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Oct 12, 2011As life seems to move at an ever-faster pace and information threatens to overload, Breakers offers an uneasy but welcome respite if we just take the time to listen.
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Oct 12, 2011So many layers unfold to their sound that even upon repeated listens their whispered secrets still have fresh moments to uncover.
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Oct 12, 2011Breakers is a gorgeous oddity, one of the year's most arresting albums of any kind, and "252" hints at the potential for even better material ahead.
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Oct 12, 2011When it's warm it offers a cool side, the underside of one's pillow, and when it's frosty it offers a coverlet of weight or the stable resting of a hand.
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Oct 12, 2011Pretty, moody, and even transcendently beautiful in places, Breakers' small-scale take on dream pop is a tempestuous and emotionally unhinged listen.
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Oct 17, 2011It's crystallised, but the light shines through.
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Oct 12, 2011Breakers effectively conjures a space unto itself, but it's one that lacks an easy entry point.
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Oct 12, 2011Most often, Gem Club seems content to wallow in its pretty tones. Sometimes, that's enough.