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- Summary: Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray return with this follow-up to last year's "Mentor Tormentor."
- Record Label: Shout Factory
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Pop
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There's a light That just won't go out No matter What they try to do 'Cause you can't pull Out the circuits Remove the bulb Or blow the fuse And it... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Releasing another full-length effort less than a year later is unusual, but the accelerated pace might account for the infusion of freshness that makes Hymn and Her so arresting.
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FilterThe duo might just be a match made in heaven, as Hymn and Her is one of the most cohesive two-voiced albums in recent history. [Summer 2008, p.94]
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Alternative PressThey're at their best, though, on moodier fare like the suitably hymn-like 'God Loves You The Best,' with a Beatlesque snatch of orchestration fit for their old buddy Elliot Smith. [Sug 2008, p.170]
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It's ideal music for headphones, where the clever production can reveal all of its layers.
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Rather than fully implementing Earlimart Phase Two, as they have hinted, the duo is still dressing up the same minimally satisfying ditties in ruffly fuzz; its still scrupulously orchestrating the same kinds of songs that appear on simpler, better Earlimart records.
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Make no mistake, though--the music of Hymn and Her is good, and the songs are almost always uniformly excellent examples of finely-honed pop songcraft. But when each excellent song sounds just like the slow, rainy Sunday pulse of a track that just preceded it, well, a few less hymns and a few more songs for rocking are in order.
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Unfortunately, there is nothing here that they haven't done before with more attractive results.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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PedroE.Jul 6, 2008
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MarkS.Jul 14, 2008
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