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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask Image
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  • Summary: This is the debut album from the playful Californian, five-piece band.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Dec 1, 2011
    80
    Pillado's songs are super-catchy and his vocals spot-on, and the band sounds perfectly shambolic but also full of energy and verve, sort of like a cross between the Pastels and a jangly '60s garage band like the Dovers.
  2. Feb 14, 2012
    74
    A boilerplate, but immensely satisfying, noise-pop record.
  3. While Sea Lions blow through fifteen songs in less than a half-hour, it's startling how nice they all sound as they fly by, and even more so how little remains in memory even a few seconds after the last sweetly chiming note fades into silence.
  4. Jan 26, 2012
    60
    Bandleader Adrian Pillado and the rest of the group work their way through their retro surf-influenced blasts of pop with ease.
  5. Apr 2, 2012
    50
    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask feels more like a home demo that needs considerable polishing than a proper debut album.