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Q MagazineApr 6, 2011The result is a more direct sound. [Apr 2011, p.106]
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2011It's the act's best and nost fully realized LP to date. [Feb 2011, p.66]
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Mar 15, 2011Considering the way Fading Parade wraps up, you just get the feeling that Papercuts could go a little deeper when Quever gives his songs a little more room to breathe.
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Mar 7, 2011Fading Parade may be trodden down, and it does meander on too much diffidence to make it readily distinguishable. It is also a pleasant lull, prepped with a rich gamut of melodic rewards.
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Mar 7, 2011It's no good for serious contemplation, but then I doubt that's what it's intended for – definitely one to keep handy for a sleepy August afternoon.
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Mar 4, 2011Fading Parade brings back the guitars, but continues the slide toward formlessness, with songs that are always pleasant but no longer very compelling.
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Mar 3, 2011With all Quever's ambitions reserved for the interior texture of the songs, the surface can seem a touch precious and self-absorbed.
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Mar 4, 2011On Fading Parade, Papercuts (a.k.a. Jason Robert Quever) hasn't changed too much, sticking with the fuzzed, hazy, '60s dream-pop that's the musical equivalent of a shoebox filled with old Polaroids.