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- Summary: Dave Grohl produced this fourth album for the emo-rockers.
- Record Label: Gern Blandsten
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 11
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Mixed: 8 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Rye rips it up on this disc, recalling equal parts vintage AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, with a little KISS thrown in to keep things playful.
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Alternative PressCurses is all jutting hips, attitudinal riffs and massive kick drums that demand fists be pumped in the air. [Jun 2006, p.186]
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UrbThis balls-out, hard stoner rock will get you to pump your fist in glory. [Apr 2006, p.97]
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Cash grab? Perhaps. Phoning it in? Maybe. Or maybe it’s their attempt to open up to a new crowd - but whatever it is it’s better left as an experiment.
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BlenderLuckily, all the ironic distance doesn't blunt the band's attack. [May 2006, p.109]
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Curses is full of songs ready to fill in the spaces of WB teen soap dramas or extreme sports reality shows.
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If the members of Rye Coalition had at least done a masterful job of impersonating their muses, we could call Curses a tribute album. Sadly, they fail even in that.