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- Summary: The Canadian indie pop outfit return with a melodic and mood-driven new album, their fifth release of eclectic, dreamy rock.
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- Record Label: Dangerbird Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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| Lookin' for somewhere safe A kind of home base Where our children can grow And no one'll know Let me show you Let me show you Let me show you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 7 out of 21
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Negative: 1 out of 21
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Feb 11, 2011The Dears were churning out sweeping, blustery epics long before "dramatic indie rock from Canada" was its own subgenre, and Degeneration Street, the band's fifth album sees them perfecting the template.
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Mar 14, 2011Few albums this year will match up to the level of proficiency and commitment here and yet it remains a distinct probability that the world still won't listen. An album that will shadow most others.
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MojoApr 15, 2011Fifth, and best, album from Montreal's big dreamers. [Apr. 2011, p. 94]
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Feb 11, 2011Lightburn's amoebic tenor is still the main attraction: soul crooner one minute, punk shouter the next, he's a prime candidate for rock's next Broadway musical.
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Feb 16, 2011Degeneration Street is a bit of a tease, a solid alternative-rock album with some exciting sounds that afford only a peek into the Dears' potential.
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Mar 21, 2011Ultimately, though, its success still falls on Lightburn's shoulders, a vocalist who's always straddled the line between impassioned and overwrought.
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Feb 15, 2011With inchoate, banal lyrics and blustering tunes that go for it all, all the time, Degeneration Street sounds like the product of too much euphoria. Definitely catch the Dears on the comedown, if at all.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 24, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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