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Feb 10, 2016While the lyrics are what everyone will talk about, it’s Hall’s voice that makes them work. That insistent yelp, straining to create melody without being beholden to it.
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Feb 11, 2016Pinegrove builds and burns a lot on Cardinal, and they’re left with the hard-earned knowledge that everything’s probably going to be alright. It’s not the stuff teenage anthems are made of, maybe, but maturity comes with its own small pleasures.
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Kerrang!Jun 30, 2016These eight tracks bind the smart emo of Brand New to the rootsy alt.country of a Bright Eyes or Ryan Adams, stroking nostalgia and tugging the heartstrings throughout. [2 Jul 2016, p.52]
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Jun 30, 2016What’s unique about Pinegrove is how they compress uncertainty, doubt and fear without being overbearing.
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Feb 17, 2016Simple and understated, Pinegrove grafts unassuming banjo and pedal-steel textures to classic slacker indie rock, making each moment as engaging as the next.
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Feb 12, 2016What they lack in showiness or branding, they make up for in honesty and slightly battered spirit.
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Feb 10, 2016Pinegrove could have ridden a self-assured record like this to widespread indie acclaim. Instead, it feels like an act of generosity, a record lovingly crafted and intimately written, full of sounds, observations, and emotional realizations that you didn’t know you wanted in 2016, but, in fact, needed desperately.
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Feb 10, 2016Cardinal feels cinematic, colourful and is a great fine-tuning of the promise shown on past EPs.... A heavy listen, but one that's worth it.
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Feb 10, 2016The Montclair, New Jersey's band's sound--off-the-cuff, loose heart-on-sleeve indie-rock cut with Americana--is the perfect vessel for that kind of premature twilight, anxiety and loss. Above all else, it feels so goddamned natural.
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Feb 10, 2016Cardinal feels like one big determined push outward, an album-length fight against solipsism without losing your sense of self in the process.
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Mar 18, 2016There’s no flash here, just a finely crafted batch of searingly personal indie rock songs. Unless you never had to grow up, it will resonate.
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Mar 18, 2016There’s no flash here, just a finely crafted batch of searingly personal indie rock songs. Unless you never had to grow up, it will resonate.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 49
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Mixed: 2 out of 49
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Negative: 3 out of 49
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