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- Summary: The band's third album finds producer/songwriter Andy LeMaster once again joined by Azure Ray's Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor, plus drummer Clay Leverett.
- Record Label: Saddle Creek
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 10
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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The brilliant new album Dark Light Daybreak sees Now It's Overhead mixing the smoldering and beautifully layered guitar sounds from 2001's self-titled debut with the haunting synth-pop beats from 2004's Fall Back Open and taking them a step further by including more intricate melodies, polished arrangements and even grander guitar-scapes.
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Alternative PressThough lifeless songs such as "Estranged" still remind you of LeMaster's yawn-inducing past, the rest of Dark Light Daybreak suggests he should've stretched out like this a long time ago. [Nov 2006, p.200]
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UrbThis album pays less attention to the club lights and feels more clubbed over the head emotionally. [Sep 2006, p.136]
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For an album with such a diverse sound palette, it spends too much time in one mode-- sincere, mid-tempo grandeur-- to be more than another solid, perfectly listenable album.
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It’s a natural inclination for LeMaster to experiment, but it makes the songs often difficult and unengaging, giving off the impression that they’re half-formed.
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SpinDespite a slew of tasty melodies... [it] feels a bit choked and cautious. [Oct 2006, p.102]
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Dark Light Daybreak reaches for territory that LeMaster simply is not ready for, and which is unsuited for the songwriting strength he possesses.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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ChristineR.Sep 29, 2006
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BigTomCasualDec 7, 2006
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