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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the singer-songwriter was funded through Kickstarter.
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  • Record Label: Thirty Tigers
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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No One's Gonna Know
Praise the moral absentee who runs a gang of violent thieves with power many guns retrieve when shooting for the kill a new temptation holds you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Apr 17, 2014
    80
    Caves may not have been the follow-up fans expected of her, but as Tristen's artistry continues to evolve, future left turns such as this will be welcome.
  2. 70
    It may be startling news to fans who expected something more raw, more twangy or more of the same, but in this case, the startling news is that the new Tristen is startling good.
  3. Apr 17, 2014
    60
    Tristen’s tastes might not fit every palette (the ‘80s influence is heavy-handed), but there’s nothing wrong with letting her voice and some big synths wash over you in pure enjoyment.
  4. Apr 17, 2014
    50
    Her guitar playing, formerly at the top of the mix, gets manipulated and diminished; too often Caves finds the small-voiced singer dwarfed by her own overwhelming backdrops. Of the different varieties of sophomore slumphood, this at least falls into the more interesting category.