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But as clear as that opening switch to afterburners rings, much of Heavenly Bender sounds too-worn in at times, hooks still more familiar than barbed.
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Whenever the hooks dissipate, and the chops are sidelined, Sam Champion is an overindulgent snooze.
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Sam Champion’s sophomore album, Heavenly Bender, is a worthy rollick.
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They keep up that trend on their sophomore effort, a slightly more freewheeling affair that overcomes its lack of innovation through sheer youthful exuberance.
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FilterThe quartet's cycle of jam band guitars and lamentable retrospectives os a smidge repetitious but there's comfort in the routine. [Fall 2008, p.97]