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Aug 5, 2014With thoughtful lyrics, infectious grooves and catchy riffs, Frozen Letter is sure to bring out the air guitarist (or drummer) in anyone.
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Aug 11, 2014The band allegedly recorded this one just for fun, with little intention of ever releasing it. You know a group has hit its stride when even its goof offs are worth releasing.
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Aug 6, 2014Frozen Letter cements their prior strengths while pointing toward new and potentially more impressive sounds.
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Aug 5, 2014At eight songs in 34 minutes, it’s the band’s shortest, but it’s also perhaps the best distillation and presentation of their sound, coming off like a stranger, dreamier sister album to Shake My Head.
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Aug 5, 2014Brief as it may be, Frozen Letter covers a lot of ground for Spider Bags--it has them gleefully offering us tasty kibbles of what they’ve always excelled at while also boldly paving themselves a new path forward.
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Aug 5, 2014Spider Bags just want to have a good time and play rock ‘n’ roll, and that lightheartedness makes Frozen Letter a standout release among the crowded garage rock market. It just may be the band’s finest material yet.
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Sep 2, 2014In comparison to earlier efforts though, the new album feels like a huge step forward and the lengthier fuzzed out jams are excellent, and surely good enough to be spotted on a few more radars.
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Aug 6, 2014McGee may not know where he's going on his murky head trip, but he's a compelling enough guide that you want to follow him.
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Aug 5, 2014Spider Bags didn't seem like a band that would welcome maturity, these songs show they're growing into it in their own slightly sloppy way.
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Aug 5, 2014There's a limp, mostly-constructed skeleton of a great rock record here, and maybe that's exactly what it's meant to be.