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Despite solid songwriting, glimmering production, and a broad palette of emotions, Breathe shows the Leaves' potential more than anything else.
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BlenderIt trades the epic scope of their more established countrymen for a stab at pop accessibility. [Nov 2003, p.116]
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Leaves sound zeitgeisty and minty-fresh enough to inject some cold fire into the soft-rocking mainstream.
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Rather than being enjoyable, listening to Breathe in its entirety soon becomes a chore.
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OutburnFilled with sweeping, modern day mini-symphonies that brim with operatic highs and poetic lows. [#23, p.94]
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There's an abundance of softly slashing guitar, an air of sophistication writ indelibly large by its orchestration (with the string-laden weepie 'Epitaph' as probably the outstanding example), and, wrapped in Arnar's strong tones, there's more moodyness than you can shake a particularly angsty stick at.
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Q MagazineA slow-burning but deeply impressive debut. [Sep 2002, p.109]
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SpinIt's such a confident display that you barely notice the English-as-a-second-language lyrics. [Nov 2003, p.117]
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Breathe is fine for what it is, but each time Leaves bandleader Arnar Gudjonsson launches into yet another midtempo space-rocker in which he shifts from a mushy monotone croon to a lilting falsetto, the move becomes less a genuine expression of personal style and more a shameless attempt to get with the new rock mainstream.
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UncutMusic at its most passionate. [Sep 2002, p.112]
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ZoddMNov 17, 2005
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JenTFeb 16, 2005
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BrunoRJan 13, 2005