- Band members: Jason Loewenstein, Lou Barlow, Bob D'Amico
- Summary: The indie rock trio led by Dinosaur Jr. bassist Lou Barlow releases its first album in 14 years.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi
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Positive: 14 out of 24
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Sep 19, 201390Defend Yourself is virtually filler-less. [No. 102, p.52]
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Sep 18, 201380Perhaps that’s the promise of a new familiar way that Sebadoh makes good on with Defend Yourself both thematically and musically, finding something to build on at last, after all the years.
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Sep 23, 201380Insecurity, guilt, confusion and doggedness--set to winsome melodies or gnarled guitar chords and run through battered equipment--were the makings of some of the best indie-rock of the early 1990s. On Defend Yourself, Sebadoh’s first studio album since 1999, Lou Barlow still has them all.
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Sep 17, 201370The new album comes a little short on those loud, grimier moments of release. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.94]
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Sep 20, 201360While it’s good to have Sebadoh back thrashing around in the unfurnished basement of the music industry once again, you just wonder how much better the results would have been if they had a complete album’s worth of material that proved worthy of their return.
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Sep 17, 201360When it falls, it’s awkward, but when it gets there, it gets there. The blunders are all Sebadoh, but so are the gems.
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Sep 17, 201350The sound remains the same, but the songs aren’t always there.
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