Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Elvis Perkins
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74 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: Elvis Perkins returns with the follow-up to his debut album with a full band.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Paste Magazine
    93
    Here, he dresses his music in full regalia--with whistles, horns, organs and marching-band drums--and it’s exquisite.
  2. Mojo
    80
    When the quality is this high, Perkins can sing the pain away for as long as he needs. [May 2009, p.101]
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Tackling weighty themes and wrestling difficult truths with aplomb, it ultimately emerges triumphant.
  4. Uncut
    60
    The result, inevitably, feels much more like a live band at work. [May 2009, p.95]
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  1. inthefuns
    10
    This is one of those rare albums that can change your life. I have had this album for over three years and every time I listen to it I find something new. It is the only album I own that never gets old. Some have called it pretentious. I find it very poetic. The below lyric from the song Shampoo is something you would read in the best contemporary poetry of our time. Combine that with some of the most infectious music imaginable and you start to understand the power of this album:

    yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow, yellow is the color of the sun
    and black is the color of, a strangled rainbow
    that's the color of my loss.

    I am only sorry that Perkins has virtually disappeared from touring and music and I hope that he returns with more.    … Collapse

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