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For now, Extended Vacation is nice enough, at times seductively lovely, but it lands short of essential.
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FilterThe spacious production leaves room for the sounds (cackling laughter, radio fuzz, the ever-present vibes) to be themselves, resulting in dream-like suites that are at once familiar and confusing. [Holiday 2009, p. 99]
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As appealing as it is challenging, Extended Vacation is the sort of album that might even make those Wilco fans who can sing only "Kingpin" believe it.
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It all suggests a peculiar update of early-1960s exotica, with a heart of darkness in place of a setting sun.