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9.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: This Gainesville, Fla.-based five-piece band, which mixes indie rock and alt-country with a bit of electronica, features John Orth, who also appeared on the 2002 release by the Modest Mouse side project Ugly Casanova. Brian Deck produces.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Ink 19
    90
    Repeated listening reveals Holopaw to be both a richly textured and profoundly moving record, one of the year's first truly mesmerizing folk albums.
  2. E! Online
    83
    A lesson in subtlety, 10 songs of abstract musical impressions that foil today's connect-the-dots pop.
  3. Pitchfork
    82
    Holopaw's cover art and Depression-era script logo might be indie-folk standard issue, but the music contained within is a refreshing, effective new use of the boundaries: a wood-paneled Powerbook.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
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  1. JoeD
    10
    The best of the year: beautiful mysterious lyrics, sincere quivering vocals, passionate meandering music. I have worn grooves into my disc with repeated listenings, many times pressing replay immediately following the last note of the last song.… Expand
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  2. megans
    10
    beautiful. "hula-la" has a profound effect on me.
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  3. StevenA
    10
    Incredible. The sincerity of the album surpasses so much of the ironicly snide indie rock of today.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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