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EricCFeb 4, 20098Matt and Kim's super energetic and upbeat album has served as a much needed alternative to the recent rush of dense and sprawling indie releases. Ceaselessly enjoyable and sincere, this will probably spend a ton of time in my cd player and ipod.
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ShawneeFJan 27, 200910Thoroughly enjoyable.
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benkJan 29, 20099The band Matt and Kim as amazing. I like the upbeat and fast paced sound.
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Grand isn't as majestic as its name suggests, with only a handful of songs moving past the anxious minimalism that permeated the last album. For returning fans, though, Grand provides a familiar brand of punk music for happy people, for lovebirds, for those who wish Mates of State had more swagger and less glockenspiel.
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60Recorded in Matt's childhood bedroom with their trademark teenage palette (a Casiotone, Matt's nasal whinge and Kim's bubbly punk beats), their sophomore album plays like the indie-musical version of one of those yesterday-I-was-a-teenager-but-now-I'm magically-an-adult '80s movies.
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70For the most part the album is a galloping goof, with vocalist and keyboard player Matt Johnson hamming his way through a series of rousing blog-pop gems.