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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the San Francisco-based cousins Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme.
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- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia
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Positive: 5 out of 11
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Mixed: 6 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Jan 13, 2014Their deep sea dive of a debut gradually evolves into a rich and colourful source of escape, like a coral reef excavation with the occasionally grizzly-toothed white shark thrown in for good measure.
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UncutJan 15, 2014They might've allowed the collage more space to breathe, for the bandwidth is densely layered to bursting with blissed-out sampling; but the rapture makes it churlish to complain. [Feb 2014, p.80]
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Feb 5, 2014It could be said that Forever might benefit from fewer layers of production, but its maze of sounds is part of its charm and what keeps it interesting.
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Jan 13, 2014Painted Palms have a natural ability to extract profound noise from otherwise unremarkable places, lyrically however; it's more subjective. Forgettable accounts of youthful deprecation litter the album.
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Jan 24, 2014There seems to be an innate knack for melody on display here that produces several moments of pop joy.
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Jan 16, 2014When they’re not trying to imitate the inimitable, Painted Palms hit a pleasant if not ground-shaking plateau.
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Jan 13, 2014Forever is essentially a pop record, but while there's no denying that some of these songs in isolation fulfill the catchy promise of that genre, there's just not enough to elevate this above being a decent debut and not much else.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 8, 2014
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