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- Summary: The third album for the Spencer Krug-led project is its first with newest member Mark Nicol.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 20
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Mixed: 4 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Whatever all this means, Dragonslayer is an album to get your teeth into. As on the final chorus, it's: "a bigger kind of kill". You need this.
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It’s another astounding album from a great band and one that we should get much, much more music from for many years to come.
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Dragonslayer is a shockingly good record, but it’s no surprise that things ended up this way.
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His tendency to cram a million ideas into every song gets toned down, too, but fans of that aesthetic shouldn’t worry; the songs are as intricate and delightfully off-kilter as ever.
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Epic? Extremely. Awesome? Monstrously.
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This, their third album is as ambitious as its predecessors but mutes the joy in favor of a more serious tone and tighter focus--well, as tight as an album with a 10-minute number called 'Dragon's Lair' can be. The results are mixed.
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Nonsensical lyrics about butterflies and name-changing lovers on tracks like 'You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)' and 'Apollo And The Buffalo And Anna Anna Anna Oh!,' could serve as a distraction, but the songs are saved by beautifully frantic instrumentals.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 21
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Mixed: 0 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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JoseCJun 23, 2009The best album that I have heard this year.
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FredRJun 23, 2009Best album I've heard in 2009 so far.
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KurtCDec 6, 2009
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GWJun 29, 2009
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ESAug 26, 2009
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StianSSep 12, 2009This album is amazing and it's getting even better for each listening, even after two months!
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MS.Aug 13, 2009'Bowiesque' without the pretentiousness of previous albums. There are some solid tracks on here.
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