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Aug 9, 2012Most songs manage to name drop Lewis' heart or tears in some way, but despite some melodramatic duds, Confess is still an exciting follow up from an enormous talent.
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Jul 31, 2012A richly schlocky LP, bleeding neon all over songs that would be worthy side-closers on any Breakfast Club-era breakup tape.
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Jul 18, 2012There is a subtle grandeur to George Lewis Jr.'s voice and musical nature.
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Jul 16, 2012Most of the time he's bleeding, which is to say alive.
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Jul 13, 2012Even if Confess is a decidedly less personal affair than its predecessor, it's no less enjoyable. Twin Shadow has released another album of unpretentious, catchy synthpop, this time around with a bit of a hard rock edge thrown into the mix.
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Jul 13, 2012The infectious beats and catchy hooks are still a driving force, but Lewis has abandoned the bedroom vibes to surge ahead with full-on amphetamine-induced vigor.
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Jul 12, 2012At its core this is brilliantly slick, dapper rock-pop.
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Jul 12, 2012Though the truly memorable moments may be a little spare, the tracks are intricately layered, sleek, and super-charged, and they're strong enough to differentiate from the mass of '80s copycats.
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Jul 12, 2012An endlessly listenable album.
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Jul 10, 2012Even if he's stuck in the past, Lewis's best songs feel timeless.
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Jul 10, 2012It's rare to find a musical package this self-consciously stylized that isn't designed to cover up for a lack of substance.
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Jul 10, 2012Lewis's ultra-confident, high-gloss sincerity is more often than not pretty hard to resist.
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Jul 10, 2012Keeping the music simultaneously lush and light is a good choice for songs that prominently feature people moving too fast and making weighty decisions that would seem reckless if they weren't so endearingly passionate.
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Jul 10, 2012It's a strong follow-up to Forget and a seasonal album that will last long after the summer ends.
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Jul 10, 2012The collection is streamlined, but not minimal, and it boasts stylish anger that could soundtrack a thousand fashion collections.
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Jul 9, 2012His terrific second album is influenced by dawn motorbike rides rather than nocturnal regrets.
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UncutJul 9, 2012Confess is largely an impeccable sequel to an immaculate debut. [Aug 2012, p.82]
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Jul 9, 2012Like an actual confession, this album is equally bold and vulnerable, and all the more real and appealing because of that.
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Jul 6, 2012Whether it's the lush power-balladry of "Beg For the Night" and "Be Mine Tonight" or throttle-pushing rockers like "You Call Me On", Confess is defined by its melodic and emotional immediacy.
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Jul 6, 2012There are strokes of brilliance on Twin Shadow's second full length, 'Confess', as Lewis Jr. blends 80s influences with dashes of funk and pop to create a largely cohesive record that is steeped in lustful atmosphere.
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Jul 6, 2012While the debut was clouded in hazy and understated dreamy melodies, Confess is far more direct and intense.
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Jul 6, 2012Despite not reaching for particularly new ground, Confess still manages to excite.
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Jul 5, 2012Confess is an easy record to listen to and love.
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Jul 5, 2012Confess isn't just steeped in the sounds of an era, but in its films, feel, stories and sense of aspiration. It's an album about love and lust behind the bleachers, in the dark of a multiplex, on the back of a motorcycle, in bathroom cubicles, under the neon glare of America's bright lights - and it's wholly, wholly brilliant.
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Jul 5, 2012While both of Lewis's albums are brimming with nostalgia, Confess jettisons Forget's sense of caution for adventure and a greater spectrum of genres, making it an altogether superior effort, and one of the few modern indie releases that handles its '80s reverence with dexterity.
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Jul 5, 2012There's much in Twin Shadow's second album that ploughs the leather-clad, hog-riding 80s rock-pop furrow that Gaga attempted on her last record. But where she fell for the occasionally overbearing bombast of the era, George Lewis Jr seeks out the finer details, using his second album to add more polish and shine to the arch synths of his debut.
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Positive: 52 out of 57
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Mixed: 3 out of 57
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Negative: 2 out of 57
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