Calamity - The Curtains
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  • Summary: 'Calamity' is the first full length for Chris Cohen's new full-time project since leaving experimental rockers Deerhoof.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Pitchfork
    74
    Calamity shows Cohen struggling to balance his twee pop tendencies with experimentation, the same thing Deerhoof mastered on The Runners Four.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    Calamity is slightly inconsistent and could be described as a hit-or-miss affair, but the hits outnumber the misses.
  3. Uncut
    60
    Full of fleeting revelations, Calamity is as bewitchingly fractured as The Red Krayola's subversive attacks on pop/rock form. [Dec 2006, p.106]
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  4. Prefix Magazine
    30
    Comparing his remarkable contributions to Deerhoof with this boring, nondescript effort suggests that Cohen should open his studio doors and welcome collaborators.

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  1. LeoF
    8
    one of the best of 2006, full of wonderful moods and unexpected turns on the songs.
  2. T.Speaker
    7
    Cohen's album isn't perfect, and much of it feels empty, but the songwriting is much more beautiful and complex than most modern indie artists. I bought this record when it was released and still rotate it frequently.… Expand

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