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- Summary: This is the third album for the San Diego-based band led by Ray Raposa.
- Record Label: Asthmatic Kitty
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 3 out of 20
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In the Vines is a spare, unhurried blend of raw instrumentation and experimental electronic noisemaking serving as a chronicle of crippling depression and death's imminent domain.
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By taking more time on this record, Raposa has delivered with not only a return to form, but perhaps his best offering yet.
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Ray Raposa's creepy folk explorations as Castanets remain intimate affairs writ in miniature, despite a backing band with up to seven members and a choir of 10.
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It’s no laugh-a-minute ride, but there’s a beauty in Raposa’s misery that’ll appeal to acolytes of Will Oldham and his aforementioned collaborators alike.
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A very dark album, yes, but Raposa's ability to convey much with little usually results in a fragile and gloomy beauty rather than mopey dreck.
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With ten songs running under forty minutes, the haphazard track order (with production quality going from super lo-fi to pristine) and dour feel ultimately make for a rather challenging listen.
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Q MagazineIt's often bleak fare, but it's also compulsive stuff. [Jan 2008, p.105]
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Rev.RikardNov 10, 2007
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