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Oct 12, 2011Tarwater's continual evolution into something other than what it was before, however subtle each individual step might be, proceeds as ever on 2011's Inside the Ships, the group's 11th full-length.
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UncutOct 18, 2011The results are--as ever--compellingly inventive and seductively imagistic. [Oct 2011, p.100]
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Jan 11, 2012This time around, tuba, chanter, cymbalom and (apparently) paprika add to the nuance by which, at their best, Tarwater seem to stretch sound and time.
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MojoOct 12, 2011Inside The Ships is one of their most entertaining yet confounding albums. [Oct 2011, p.101]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011While it's impossible to shrug off the feeling they've been here before, [Inside The Ships] remains involving. [Nov. 2011, p. 140]
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Under The RadarNov 9, 2011Tarwater mutants tropes from post-punk, outre-jazz, and Krautrock, but there is some sensitivity embedded into all their isolating experimentation. [Oct. 2011, p. 113]
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Oct 12, 2011The results are mixed.
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Oct 27, 2011I can't say I'll be giving Inside the Ships more spins this year, but it's offbeat charm never felt like a waste of my time when I did, and that's more than I can say for most albums this year.
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Oct 12, 2011Inside the Ships will assuredly grab hold by the second listen, if not the first.
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Oct 12, 2011For all its sonic roaming and mulching, Inside The Ships holds together surprisingly well as a combined entity.