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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Austin trio was written while singer/guitarist Nate Grace was recovering from a serious leg injury.
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- Record Label: Acephale
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Noise Pop
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Jun 13, 2013Crawling Up The Stairs should be praised not only for its beauty, honesty and sonic specialty, but also for the way it’s sequenced.
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May 13, 2013With Crawling Up the Stairs, the masks are off for the world to hear.
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May 16, 2013Dark elements permeate the menacing corners of Crawling Up The Stairs, and while it may have been a long, grueling journey to get through, it seems that by the end of this bumpy road, Pure X have reached a positive creative terrain that suggests their long climb up the from the bottom was worth all the effort and pain it took to get there.
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May 13, 2013Pure X may not be particularly pure anymore, but it’s a pleasure to have them down in the muck with the rest of us.
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May 13, 2013Whilst often brilliant, Crawling makes you wonder why Pure X have swapped pleasure for pain.
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Jun 17, 2013Crawling Up The Stairs has strong riptides that have no qualms over carrying you away, but if you embrace them you may be pleasurably surprised.
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May 13, 2013Crawling smartly plays upon Pleasure‘s strengths, but even with a more professional sheen coating the disc, Pure X needs to write stronger songs to fit with their talents.