Hi Beams - Javelin
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  • Summary: The second full-length release from the Brooklyn duo of Tom Van Buskirk and George Langford was recorded at a traditional recording studio.
  • Record Label: Luaka Bop
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Magnet
    Apr 16, 2013
    85
    Hi Beams has style to burn, colorful as a candy store and shiny as new-molded plastic. [No. 97, p.56]
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  2. All Music Guide
    Mar 5, 2013
    80
    Added up, it's a departure for sure, but it's a swerve that's easy to follow.
  3. musicOMH.com
    Apr 11, 2013
    60
    The tracks don’t excite particularly: it’s all rather pedestrian, with the album occasionally struggling to hold attention. This is a shame, because the album’s closer and standout track, The Stars, shows they can manage it.
  4. Blurt Magazine
    Apr 23, 2013
    60
    The album is chirpy, playful and transitory, dispensing 10 songs in 31 minutes.

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