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- Summary: The debut full-length album for the Australian band was produced by Jim Abbiss.
- Record Label: Glassnote
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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I'm in transit For the stranded on this boat And I pledge myself allegiance To a better night's sleep at home And the sweet, sweet sun's coming down... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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There's nothing here that's going to surprise anyone in the slightest, but this is sleekly produced, brilliantly written and expertly executed radio fodder.
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With a more conventional singer, they might sound a little prosaic, but for now this is music with a thrilling otherness.
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Being pretty much wrinkle free, Conditions sets the bar high for a followup that doesn’t sound like more of the same. However, throughout the album, we are thrown morsels of the quartet’s potential to escape from being typecast.
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The Temper Trap relocated to london in May of this year in a bid to woo the uk: this is not a bad calling card at all.
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Impeccably produced, Conditions is a legitimate contender for debut album of 2009.
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Conditions runs out of juice during its second half, where the anthems of the A-side give way to minor-key ballads and middling rock.
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What the Temper Trap do devastatingly well is drape post-office-party mistake-hookup tackiness in the lofty imagery of global struggle....Elsewhere, the Temper Trap's pairing of sweeping portentousness with mundane douchebaggery is trickier to overlook.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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SteveJOct 17, 2009Awesome, awesome band. "Resurrection" is epic.
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MarcosS.Oct 24, 2009Great little album, that pitchfork review is rubbish.
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JoeYNov 18, 2009WOW what a voice! Superb album. The first track Love Lost has more passion in a song than I have heard all year. Soldier On is a personal favourite.
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IanBOct 15, 2009Pitchfork wtf??? "...sweeping portentousness with mundane douchebaggery" Get over yourself.
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Feb 18, 2012
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Jan 28, 2011
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DustinCOct 16, 2009music sounds like Coldplay. Album cover looks like Soundgarden. Singer sounds...surprisingly unique?
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