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Ultimately, it's hard not to feel that this album is little more than a blatant attempt to ape the Postal Service's Give Up.
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BlenderMostly, these electro trances... sound like an ill-advised quest to make a Williamsburg version of Dark Side Of The Moon. [Mar 2005, p.132]
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There's an 80s Anglophilic feel throughout, and like the era they're paying homage to it's all very hit and miss.
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It tips its hand too early, frontloading its best songs and rendering the second half excessive and ponderous.
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Q MagazineExperimental and confusing... Oberst's voice struggles to hit home through the effects. [Jan 2005, p.129]
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The good songs don't start kicking in until about halfway through, after many synth glitches and botched break beats. But once it gets going, it's phenomenal.
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SpinMost of Digital's songs seem somewhat suffocated. [Feb 2005, p.85]
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A stark collection of early 1980's keyboard melodies and anxious guitar solos, Oberst's dark dreams are numb with death and paranoia.
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is a weepy response to the Postal Service.
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Up against the carefully realized Wide Awake, Digital Ash is a mess, and not just sonically.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 71 out of 86
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Mixed: 6 out of 86
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Negative: 9 out of 86
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