Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
- The Twilight Sad
- Band Name: The Twilight Sad
- Record Label: Fat Cat
- Release Date: Apr 3, 2007
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100If you've yearned for a band that takes that dramatic indie-rock template but injects a bit of post-rock drama into it, then boy, have you ever come to the right place.
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It's a remarkable debut by a tremendous quartet. Not only does it have the raw emotion, but also the intense, glorious musicianship, absorbing hooks and grandiose arrangements to leave you utterly breathless, drained and wanting more.
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The songs on Fourteen Autumns are loud, and graced with long-line melodies that are easy to hum, but there's nothing quick or disposable about them.
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86As exhilarating as Fourteen Autumns is at its most anthemic, the vividness of the lyrical themes ultimately carries the record over.
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It's hard not to notice that the best songs on Fourteen Autumns were already featured on last year's EP.
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Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters is aptly named, its brumal sonics occupying the emotional chasm between melancholy and salvation. [#17, p.93]
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It may not be perfect – there's the slightest suggestion as the album draws to a close that ideas may be running thin – but for a debut record to sound this accomplished suggests a promising future, and surely they're in the right hands.
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The density of the Twilight Sad's sound evokes wide open spaces, yet the louder they are, the more intimate they sound.
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Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters is full of thoroughly enjoyable tunes and melodies if you're willing to give it time.
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73Having heard their first EP, it's not quite as much of revelation as it would have been, but it's still pretty darn good.
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70The Twilight Sad walk a fine line between drippy sentimentality and rough-edged realism. [May 2007, p.91]
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If an album could have hormone surges and acne, if it could sit home on prom night listening to Joy Division and smoking pot, if it could be as fully convinced of its inner worthlessness as of its ultimate triumph...in short if an album could be fourteen, this would be the one.
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70There's a certain formula to many of the songs they came up with... But it's a rather compelling formula-it's worked for scads of bands for decades-and Twilight Sad do it well.
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Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters is an album with a sum worse than its parts.... Still, there's a lot of promise here.
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60It's bombastic, but you can't fault its ambitions. [Jun 2007, p.115]
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40Despite occasional thrills, for all The Twilight Sad's epic ambition and admittedly accomplished sound, this is a hollow record that struggles to fully transcend its influences.
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robertc10Excellent debut album....go buy and enjoy
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