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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for Ryan Lott's solo-project-turned-trio that now includes Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang is its first on the City Slang label.
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- Record Label: City Slang
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Feb 9, 2018Brighter Wounds poses more questions than answers--but that uncertainty only makes the record more absorbing.
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MojoFeb 8, 2018The arrival of his first child and Trumpism, shadowed by a friend's death, have filled Brighter Wounds with heightened bliss and anxiety. [Mar 2018, p.94]
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Feb 13, 2018If appreciation of the familiar done well is comforting, appreciation for the unfamiliar done well is bracing. Music like this opens windows and doors, letting in the fresh airs of possibility of what can come from whipping the backside of imagination and watching it run free.
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Feb 8, 2018Though refreshingly bold at key moments, Brighter Wounds still doesn’t challenge itself enough to be considered a radical and departure from its predecessors.
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Feb 12, 2018An album that's grimly effective at conjuring unease.
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Feb 12, 2018Where Brighter Wounds works best is when the band shows an element of restraint.
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Feb 8, 2018Son Lux haven’t quite lost it to trying, but the album does feel like it’s being pulled in two different directions--one far more interesting than the other.
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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Oct 5, 2020A perfect album, I’ve been listening to it since 2018 and I never get tired. Amazing production, haunting vocals and fantastic songwriting.
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Mar 15, 2018
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Mar 19, 2018The "Brighter Wounds" is a record that claims the title of the most extraordinary release of the beginning of 2018.
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