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- Summary: Unlike Jack and Meg White, this brother-sister garage-blues duo really are brother and sister. 'Gallowsbird's Bark' marks the full-length debut for New Yorkers Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger after several years touring with the likes of Spoon, The Kills and French Kicks.
- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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A fantastic debut album that only gets richer and better with more listens, Gallowsbird's Bark is more fully formed and daring than most second or third albums from many bands.
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Plays like a big, half-drunken romp through golden-era rock 'n' roll-- airy and thrilling and shifty as hell.
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A unique musical vision with a genuinely unique and beautifully skewed worldview to boot.
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Entertainment WeeklyThey're loose, quirky, and rocking. [Listen 2 This supplement, Nov 2003, p.41]
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It’s an album full of aggressive piano, golden rock and roll and warbled, disturbed lyrics.
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The duo manage to create the same raw fervoured energy of Jack 'n Meg, but also utilise a far more diverse array of sound and instruments.
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MagnetSome songs here make more sense than others, and the musicianship, while spirited, isn't quite accomplished. [#61, p.92]
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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ThomasSJul 11, 2005One of the freshest albums I have heard lately. The more times you listen to the record, the richer it gets. It's on my top 10 list.
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TristramCMar 1, 2004
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JyotiAug 3, 2006
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ChrisBNov 19, 2006One of my favorite records of the past five years. Dark and playful.
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SpeedyDanielJul 8, 2005Very funny, but also very good. Interesting debut.
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