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- Summary: The sixth album for Mac McCaughan's other band (i.e., the one that isn't Superchunk) finds him joined by bassist Jim Wilbur and drummer/brother Matthew McCaughan. Tim Mooney produced.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Alternative PressBoth exhilaratingly rocking and gorgeously pensive. [Nov 2005, p.210]
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Spine-tinglingly great.
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The best record of his career, a collision of the idiosyncratic charms of Portastatic with the exuberant rock power of Superchunk.
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MagnetOn par with anything in the back catalog. [#69, p.106]
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Bright Ideas has an air of excitement and energy about it, and contains some of McCaughan's strongest songwriting to date.
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Paste MagazineEvery track here is strong.... Portastatic's best yet. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.122]
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Under The RadarWhile McCaughan retains a lot of his vitality, he can't completely shake off the specter of comfortable maturity. [#11, p.116]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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leshecticOct 10, 2005
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BrianMSep 7, 2005
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raulzSep 7, 2005
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