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Preferring patience and restraint over explosive blasts of atmospheric wailing, iLiKETRAiNS slowly build up these songs to climax, careful not to move to quickly to alter the mood that this entire collection expels.
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MojoAny goth undertow is easily outweighed by post-rock grandeur. [Nov 2004, p.95]
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A work of remarkable beauty, Elegies To Lessons Learned contains far more reasons to be cheerful than it reasonably should, and if you’re looking for post-rock done properly then iLiKETRAiNS are more than on the right lines.
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The debut album from the Leeds sonic evangelists features tracks about an assassinated prime minister, the Salem witch trials and an East German border guard who committed suicide through guilt after escaping to the West....These subjects are then twinned with a sound rich in solemn and ultimately cacophonous guitar.
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Under The RadarWhat they do goes far beyond gimmick, and while they obviously cherry picked the less pleasant chapters in history, they do so with enough spirit and theatricality that it's remarkably believable. [Fall 2007, p.74]
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Elegies to Lessons Learnt is an undeniably effective 50-minute ride, but it's also rather coldly mapped out.
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UncutA full LP exposes their limitations and suggests that the songs may work best as soundtracks to their elegant stop-motion videos. [nov 2007, p.108]
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It's not a complete disaster--the songs are still there, shining proud and (far too) loud--but each listen brings a constant, aggravating reminder of the sloppy production.
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SteveWellsDec 12, 2007
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EugenioRNov 8, 2007stunning album!