Ice Cream Spiritual - Ponytail
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82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critics What's this?

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: The third full-length for the quartet from Baltimore was produced by J Robbins.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    The sound is bigger too, strengthening a band that's all guitars-drums-vocals sonics -- including Molly Siegel's yelping vocables, without which the sound's faux-tween soul and wise-ass tempo shifts would evanesce into abstraction.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Even when they slow up, the quality doesn't let up. [Sep 2008, p.100]
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  3. No Ripcord
    80
    This is the band’s second album after their somewhat missed "Kamehamena," and their pounce only proves to reinstill the style of the album’s predecessor.
  4. NOW Magazine
    60
    The result is akin to bottling one of their energetic live shows, and it makes for a thrilling, if not altogether bump-free ride.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. MattM.
    9
    This album is fantastic! Every song is just as good as the last, and for me the vocals put it over the top. If anything they sound like deerhoof. These songs are surprisingly catchy. Beg Waves!… Expand
  2. DavidS
    8
    Pure emotion. Awesome and a hell of a lot of fun. Somehow the album works perfectly, for what it is.
  3. OliverC.
    7
    Perhaps not quite as good as the reviews, but certainly satisfying for the noise rockers in all of us
  4. KatyA.
    0
    Horrible, very overrated.

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