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Jun 5, 2012Where Bright Eyes lyrics lumber, The Mynabirds are aflight.
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Jun 4, 2012Yet past all the stylistic flourishes, Generals is openhearted, politically engaged, feminist pop that, miraculously, never veers into schmaltz (or worse, didacticism).
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Jun 5, 2012Working again with her loyal producer Richard Swift, they master what many think is impossible and maybe even contradictory; they create a serious and intellectual pop album.
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Jun 4, 2012Generals, like What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, may use the past as its foundation, but it was put in place by some forward-thinking engineers.
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Jun 6, 2012Don't get the idea that the album is preachy. The revolution can also extend to dance.
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Jun 4, 2012Generals is, to a certain degree, an album in two parts: a vicious, vengeful-sounding beast and a final four songs of more hopeful, soulful pop.
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Jun 4, 2012Generals might sound like a spoonful of sugar, but it gives you a lot of medicine to get down.
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MagnetJun 14, 2012These songs are every bit as spiritually urgent as those on What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood, but the motivation is as political as it is personal. [#87, p.57]
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Jun 13, 2012Generals has some gems of its own, but take a bit more digging to find.
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Alternative PressJun 4, 2012Generals replaces Fire's starched chamber-pop pretentions with airy vibrancy and eclecticism that continually surprises and entices. [Jul 2012, p.100]
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