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- Artist(s): Michael Vidal, Juan Velasquez, David Reichardt, Dane Chadwick
- Summary: Influenced by early 1980's romantic/new wave, LA's Abe Vigoda's fourth album continues to re-create synth pop and post punk, comparable to The Cure and David Bowie.
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- Record Label: PPM
- Genre(s): Indie Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Crush is a fully realized progression, and one of the best indie rock albums you'll hear in 2010.
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Although Abe Vigoda was fun and games when they first started, they show true courage in their new music.
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Q MagazineThe airier sound allows room for some soaring melodies, which find their ideal melodies, which find their ideal centrepiece in Michael Vidal's dolorous croon. [Oct 2010, p.103]
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An album that merits--and rewards--repeated listening, this is further evidence of a band not simply in it for the short haul. Certainly no one-trick ponies, it will be interesting, exciting even, to see where Abe Vigoda take their music next.
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Either way, while Abe Vigoda 2.0 are a group to be respected, I have a feeling, going forward, I'm going to spend a lot more time listening to Skeleton than I am to Crush.
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Crush is cold and hard and calculated. I mean, it's clear it's supposed to sound like that, but I have a hard time getting into it.
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SpinSinger Michael Vidal owns his gloominess and the band delivers arrangements that are plenty tricky, but their arty '80s excavation rarely finds the gooey, glittering choruses that would truly elevate their stylistic shift.
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