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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Massachusetts alt-folk band was co-produced with Dan Cardinal.
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- Record Label: More Doug Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Folk
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Feb 28, 2018Extralife is a record infused with apocalyptic dread, a collection of campfire sing-alongs for the end of days. As well, it's an oddly beautiful record, comfortable in its unsettling contemplations and rapturous.
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Feb 28, 2018There’s a warm indulgence about the arrangements, which augment the folksy guitars and banjos with ruminative horns, misty string drones and electronics, that speaks loudly of hope and possibility.
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Mar 23, 2018Bucolic, pastoral, and often willfully impressionistic, Extralife imagines a future that's not bereft of suffering or hardship, but tempered with hope and brimming with life.
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Apr 19, 2018The Boston foursome's anxiously blissful take on apocalyptic concerns bends toward chamber pop after past Americana leanings, the 12 tracks grounded in plucky instrumentation and energetic harmony.
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UncutFeb 28, 2018Salvation lies in juxtaposing their dystopian vision against surging Beach Boys harmonies, gentle Simon & Garfunkel loveliness and the bucolic reverie of "Futures." [Mar 2018, p.25]
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Feb 28, 2018Darlingside is an act that has latched onto a unique sound and rides it for 40 glorious minutes on the gorgeous and confident Extralife.
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Mar 22, 2018Though there are still plenty of the Fleet Foxes-meets-Beach Boys elements to much of this new record, it also finds the band branching out with new sounds.
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