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UncutDec 12, 2011If rock is indeed dead, then albums like thus are its extended intelligent coda, its sustained afterburn. [Jan 2012, p.82]
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MagnetNov 11, 2011The Milwaukee-based post-rock sextet pretty much turns its back on proggish theatrics this time around, instead crafting tracks so organic, they could pass for natural phenomena.[#81, p. 54]
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Aug 12, 2011Giving seems to go on and on towards some distant, perhaps unreachable horizon.
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Aug 11, 2011This is rock music that has come almost completely unstuck from the blues, with a sleek, relentless drive subbing in for swing.
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Aug 9, 2011In the end, Giving is a more than satisfying swan song for this lineup.
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Aug 9, 2011It is a record that is confident, assured, and adventurous.
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Aug 9, 2011Giving aggressively stakes out its territory, never wasting a moment--or a percolating bubble of sound--as it barrels thrillingly forward.