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Calamity is slightly inconsistent and could be described as a hit-or-miss affair, but the hits outnumber the misses.
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Upon first listen, some of Calamity, though fun, sounds like partial ideas rather than full-fledged songs. Some tracks never recover from this symptom after a dozen spins; some do.
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The problems start with the production, which feels empty and stolid, the guitar plunking around like it has nowhere important to go and the drums tap-tap-tapping out mundane, aimless little shuffle rhythms.
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UncutFull 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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Calamity is a good record, but is merely adequate beside Cohen’s extensive catalog with [Deerhoof].
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Unfortunately, unlike Deerhoof's complex sonic and logical experiments, the Curtains' material feels too spare, too underdeveloped, less like well-honed songs than fledgling ideas that'd benefit from the input of additional bandmates.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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LeoFJan 20, 2007one of the best of 2006, full of wonderful moods and unexpected turns on the songs.
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T.SpeakerJan 13, 2007