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Aug 19, 2013Crocodiles have never been content to stick to one sound and ride it into the ground; they always seem to be searching for the perfect way to transmit their brand of noise and pop. They just might have found it here.
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Alternative PressAug 8, 2013A tastefully echo-bathed, psychocandy-flavored production job by the Raveonetts' Sune Rose Wagner, and you've got a soaring and psychedelic dream-pop stunner that will leave you wondering how being bummed can feel so inanely good. [Sep 2013, p.88]
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Aug 8, 2013San Diego’s Crocodiles have absolutely nailed album number four.
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Aug 23, 2013Like the previous three Crocodile outputs, Crimes of Passion is forgettable like a party might be. Some may get sick of it and leave early, and others may find the album similar to a one night stand who says all the right things.
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Aug 23, 2013For what it is--the latest installment in a tradition of sad dudes trying to numb their pain with upbeat pop--it does its job well.
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Aug 19, 2013Crimes of Passion is playful, real, genuine, and just a bit naughty.
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Aug 16, 2013There are enough unexpected moments--a nice peppering of saxophone, the gospel choir on "I Like It In the Dark" and the velvety hum of closing ballad "Un Chant D'Amour--to distinguish this as the best album yet by these sunglasses-at-night-wearing rockers.
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MagnetAug 16, 2013Mediocrity this aggressive should cancel itself out at some point. [No. 101, p.53]
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Aug 13, 2013Crimes Of Passion finds Crocodiles in scintillating form and is full of the kind of carefree rock that should make them more popular than they are.
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Aug 19, 2013An album of washed out, happy-sad, semi-psychedelic sounds that glower as much as they gleam, it’s perfect for those 3am mornings when you’re full of alcohol and regret.
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Aug 21, 2013Despite being nothing original, Crimes of Passion comes off a good rehashing of the genre, making you rethink what Jesus and The Mary Chain's Just Like Honey really meant.
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Aug 23, 2013The new record basks in Endless Flowers' sunny afterglow, but the songs here are brasher, nervier, and a lot more fun.
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Oct 7, 2013The album is diverting, pleasant, and completely undemanding; it’s the perfect soundtrack to a sunny afternoon or a road trip down the highway.
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Aug 23, 2013While the album is the closest Crocodiles have come to achieving their own unique brand of tuneful clamor, there's still a sense that they can't quite move away from the blueprint of the new-wave artists that inspired them.
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Aug 12, 2013Crimes of Passion is a stellar fourth effort and may prove to be the defining record in what surely will be a long career ahead for the Crocodiles.
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Aug 8, 2013Overseen by Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes, all the songs are so instant that it makes the album something of an onslaught on the senses - multiple listens will be needed for clear favourites to reveal themselves in a slow strip tease.
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UncutAug 8, 2013"I Like It In The Dark" [is] a hurricane of piano boogie, metal guitar, echoes, poetry and reverb that the rest of the LP can never quite match. [Sep 2013, p.86]
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Aug 16, 2013Without a doubt, this is their strongest and most cohesive collection of tracks to date.
Awards & Rankings
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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