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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Brooklyn-based rock band was produced with Jonathan Rado of Foxygen.
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- Record Label: Crumb
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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May 10, 2021There’s inevitably a Portishead vibe throughout, but it doesn’t hinder the sound of Ice Melt or reduce Crumb to imitator status – it simply compliments the ethereal sound they’re going for, and remarkably succeed at.
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MojoMay 18, 2021The simultaneous warm/cold currents, recalling Broadcast, are reflected in Ramani's word. [Jul 2021, p.84]
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May 14, 2021By refining their reality, and allowing themselves to be a little more seen, they feel more reachable than ever.
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UncutMay 10, 2021A glistening second album that lands somewhere between the empyrean vision of Broadcast and the starry-eyed pulsating of Tame Impala. [Jun 2021, p.25]
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May 10, 2021It’s great when I’m listening to it, but nothing really jumps out and lodges itself in my brain - perhaps harshly, it all feels like a puddle of slightly warm water where an ice cube used to be.
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May 10, 2021There are a couple of sweet spots on ‘Ice Melt’ in the form of the shimmering ‘Balloon’ and the creamy ending title-track, but not enough to warrant a whole album’s worth of material from what could have easily been shaved down to an EP.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jun 10, 2021
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