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May 24, 2013English Little League starts with a memorable and high-quality opener in “Xeno Pariah,” a compact showcase of everything the band does right.... They don’t maintain that high quality--the off-key “Sir Garlic Breath” is just painful--and more often than not, the songs fall into good-not-great territory.
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May 2, 2013English Little League just misses greatness, but if it’s not the best album they’ve put out since early 2012, it’s certainly the most interesting, the most willing to take risks.
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Apr 30, 2013English Little League, like most of Pollard’s crop from the past decade, holds a few really great tracks, but is mostly missable.
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UncutApr 29, 2013It all kinda works. [Jun 2013, p.73]
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Under The RadarApr 29, 2013Melodies are often masked by the instrumentation, and there are very few, if any, big sing-along choruses. But every Guided By Voices album has a few true gems, and English Little League is no exception in that regard. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.92]
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Apr 29, 2013As for English Little League, the three records the band did in 2012 are all stronger collections, but this is hardly a failure. One just has to search a little harder to find the good songs this time.