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- Summary: Unlike debut 'Out Of The Shadow,' album number two is a full-band affair, with Zach Rogue joined in the studio by his touring band.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Publish my love | |
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Wait there, just enough to see you smile. I mixed up the distance of the miracle mile. You could never publish my love You could never publish my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 24
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Mixed: 9 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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Entertainment WeeklyRogue's high, gentle vocals and halcyon harmonies mask lyrics that are occasionally dark and cynical--but never mushy. [28 Oct 2005, p.87]
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It’s full of the minute anxieties of life that keep you awake in the early hours, but set to some of the most life-affirming sounds you’ll have heard for a long time.
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If not as easy to embrace as its predecessor, the album compensates with a great deal more ambition in its scope.
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With Descended Like Vultures, Rogue Wave have become just another indie rock band, one that has delivered a strong album without a weak song on it, but a real band just the same.
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Descended Like Vultures still has its moments of pleasing, ephemeral pop, but those moments, if nothing else, work as nice interludes between the more engaging numbers.
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Alternative PressRogue Wave now resemble a more earnest Flaming Lips. [Dec 2005, p.204]
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While the Big Chorus and post-hardcore theatricality are hardly disparate stylistic traits, it's odd that Rogue Wave would embrace them after establishing themselves as a nuanced pop outfit.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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MichaelB.Aug 15, 2007
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MattDec 31, 2005A perfect combination of the Beatles, Elliott Smith, and their own experimentation. One of the best of the year.
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MackBJan 15, 2006
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andrewwrNov 2, 2005Rogue Wave congeals and makes a nearly perfect record
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chrisNov 22, 2005This album is complete.
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MattANov 8, 2005
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SeanTDec 11, 2005
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