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- Record Label: Badman Recording Co.
- Release Date: Feb 22, 2011
- Artist(s): Alexander Ellis, Ray Rude, Brandon Hafer, Ryan Sollee
- Summary: The third album for the Portland, Oregon, folk rock band was produced by Adam Selzer.
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- Record Label: Badman Recording Co.
- Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock
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| It Came from the Sea | |
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| Oh, it came from the sea, Yes it came from the sound, The water is rising it covered my knees. Hang on to the bow line, We're all bearing down. Oh,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mar 24, 2011Dead Reckoning deserves to be heard by anyone with an interest in the ongoing evolution of rock music, or the darker side of the folk songbook, or just great songs played with power and conviction.
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Mar 3, 2011It helps that the production, rather than being hushed or atmospheric, is viciously sharp, full of punch-drunk drums and the stinging twang of strings.
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Mar 2, 2011The album can simply be described as a great band supporting quality lyrics, served up as organically as possible.
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Alternative PressMar 8, 2011The contrasts of light/dark, father/son and sinners/saints never sounded so danceable. [Mar 2011, p.92]
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Mar 2, 2011Yes, the hellfires still burn, and the hearts are still black, and the end is ever nigh. But this time the songs are infused with a contemporary heartache that sounds far closer to 2011 than to the 1931 Depression-era vibe the band typically evokes.
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Mar 14, 2011Sometimes the fervor gets to be too much for them: the grating but mercifully brief "Blood for You" is little more than the junkyard clang of the rhythm section and Sollee's stuck-pig shout, and the verses "Cradle on Fire" seem to get away from Sollee, who loses the melody somewhere in the back of his throat. But there's few moments when they don't seem to be throwing everything they've got into these performances, and that furious intensity drives them past both rough patches and easy comparisons.
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Apr 11, 2011Instead, the religiosity that infuses the music recalls the forced eagerness of modern day evangelicals and the predictable plainness of suburban mega-churches. Only dedicated fans need ascend.