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Mar 20, 2013Candela makes for an, at times unpleasant, but ultimately forgettable listen.
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Jan 29, 2013The breezy, rhythmically complex melting-pot approach still plays a pretty big role on Candela, Mice Parade's eighth album, but more than ever, Pierce seems to have a vested interest in letting some graceful whooshes of shoegazer noise take over where necessary.
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Mar 19, 2013Despite its flaws, it can at times be an unexpected and stunning trip.
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Jan 29, 2013Candela doesn't represent Mice Parade's most memorable outing, but it does showcase a willingness to expand the expectations surrounding their sound.
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MojoApr 10, 2013Pierce's lyrics remain largely opaque, and the atypically lumpen Warm Hand In Narnia sounds unsettlingly like Snow Patrol, but to cavil feels churlish when elsewhere such vivacious invention pervades. [May 2013, p.86]
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Feb 5, 2013Candela has some shining moments but, overall, is an album that teases the palette instead of really satisfying.
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Jan 29, 2013More often than not, however, Mice Parade pushes these songs down paths that don't fit.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013Though Candela never fully eludes to Pierce's studied background, the foundations are strong enough for him to go wild with the decorations. [May 2013, p.106]
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UncutMar 29, 2013Afropop sparkle to jazzy bounce and shoe gaze shimmer, but too often these exotic ingredients feel like undigested dilettante dabblings. [May 2013, p.74]
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013The New York collective continues to produce intelligent music with its seventh album. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.103]