Drowaton
- Starlight Mints
- Band Name: Starlight Mints
- Record Label: Barsuk
- Release Date: Apr 25, 2006
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91Never cluttered, Drowaton is as compelling as it is complex. [Filter Mini #10, p.13]
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90Drowaton is as close to an orchestral pop masterpiece as you're going to get.
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80Vent and Nunez revel in their experiments like science nerds let loose in the lab. [Jul 2006, p.111]
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71As ornate orchestral pop goes, Starlight Mints are too oddball-flip. They cram their songs with every sound imaginable without making a compelling case for any, and music that's so congested needs a sense of hierarchy.
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Drowaton pulses with ideas and energy, and there doesn't seem to be a musical style beyond the Mints' grasp.
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It's a testament to Starlight Mints' kitchen-sink approach that each listen yields varied results. [Jun 2006, p.180]
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[It] finds the Mints becoming incrementally more accessible while continuing to fashion willfully obtuse pop songs that invite you in grudgingly.
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At least two or three songs on the record are worthy of the New Pornographers for crunchy catchiness and the entire set is packaged with energy and hooks.
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Nothing sounds empty, nothing sounds cluttered.
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While all is not completely lost, too many tracks seem to shoot for the kind of idiosyncratic wonderment that the band perfected on its first two albums, only to come out flaccid. [#13, p.89]
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Aami10i got a promo cd by these guys about five years ago, glad to see them getting known. :)
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ScottM5Not as well done as "Built on Squares" but it has its moments
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bobs10let it creep up on you