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- Summary: Keyboardist Katie Lee left the band before the completion of the Canadian trio's mostly guitar-less second full-length release.
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- Record Label: Arbutus Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Nov 21, 2013If Centipede Hz was a direct expletive to the status quo, then Flourish // Perish is the warm embrace that makes everything feel splendid.
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Aug 16, 2013A rewarding evolution for the band.
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Aug 14, 2013It’s certainly a very different sort of album from Native Speaker, with far more emphasis on glitchy beats and ambient electronica than on their previous record, but after a few listens you can’t help but be impressed by the evolution on display.
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Aug 19, 2013Sometimes some things need to perish for others to flourish, and these songs show that Standell-Preston, Smith, and Tufts evolved into a group that can not just survive, but thrive in the face of hard times.
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Aug 20, 2013The length of time it takes to unfold challenges waning attention spans, but by revealing Standell-Preston’s drawn fangs early, it turns the listeners into willing victims.
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Aug 22, 2013On Flourish // Perish, the Montreal trio takes a sharp turn inward.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013A collection of delicate, woozy and otherworldly electronics. [Sep 2013, p.99]
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