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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012Saulnier's wild-man-on-a-rampage vocals are no longer hidden behind the unfettered sequel of his equally uncivilized guitar. [Jul 2012, p.109]
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Jun 12, 2012Aside from an introductory impersonation of Fleetwood Mac's 'Albatross' (on the title track), they continue where their 2010 debut left off.
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May 24, 2012This second album is exciting rather than essential, but if it's blown-out ears you want, PS I Love You oblige in style.
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May 18, 2012While the album's opening single, Sentimental Dishes, is far from the endgame--its jauntiness an awkward fit for the album's wider angst--there's a recognition in its pace, and the broadening ambition of the sound, that PS I Love You may be ready for more.
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May 11, 2012Death Dreams is another stellar album from another stellar band that has come out of one of Canada's most fertile music scenes-an essential and raw purchase for rock lovers everywhere.
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May 10, 2012As always, the main appeal lies in how honest and real it all feels.
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May 9, 2012There's an underrated vulnerability that's been exposed here, which makes for a valuable listen.
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May 8, 2012PS I Love You mire tentatively between jams and songcraft--there's some truly ingratiating melodies scattered throughout the first half, and Saulnier's lyrics have substance and weight, but too often they fail to coincide simultaneously.
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May 8, 2012Death Dreams is the perfect example of a "same but better" second outing giving fans more of what they love while presenting something new to consider for those who weren't sucked in the first time around
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May 8, 2012Death Dreams might be equally strong [as predecessor, Muster Station], but its inability to step things up can come off like a retreat in light of how much tuneful, wooly garage rock has come out since.
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May 8, 2012For all the ugliness, all the bitterness, all the fear and regret, Death Dreams can be devastatingly beautiful.
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May 8, 2012By album-ender "First Contact" the pair have accumulated enough momentum that they sound ready to bust out of Saulnier's self-conscious mind and take the rest of the world on, one graceful guitar burst at a time.
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May 7, 2012Death Dreams' loops of feedback, ghostly monologues and multipronged guitar attacks lash out, often in tandem, making the music feel big.
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May 7, 2012Death Deams almost faultlessly conveys the volatility and incomprehensibility of their particular genius. There isn't even one clunker in here, which is a lot to say in a year that's already seen another rock renaissance.
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May 7, 2012If "just trying to play with passion" is the ethos, then consider the band's sophomore album, Death Dreams, the perfection.