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BlenderIt's the sound of a 24-year-old accepting death, as imagined by a lifelong misfit aging gracefully. [Nov 2007, p.158
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The lyrics to these songs are themselves sketchy, enigmatic, quietly rousing, windily romantic, redolent of majestic vistas, vast horizons, a landscape of personal liberation.
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MojoLyrically, he may occassionally jar but it's hard not to be uplifted when he lets rip on the opener 'Setting Forth' or when he and Sleather-Kinney's Corin Tucker chime on 'Hard Sun.' [Dec 2007, p.100]
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Q Magazine'Society' suggests therr's always been a hippy survivialist under the grunge plaid. [Dec 2007, p.124]
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These songs all feel like a score, and that's not necessarily a good thing. They all seem to be of a piece, but musically there isn't enough imagination to distinguish them, to set the tension of dynamic in motion.
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It's accomplished but occasionally overbearingly earnest and calls to mind the Foos' acoustic alter-ego, bolstered by Sufjan Stevens-ish banjo plucks and, in 'Hard Sun', the kind of play-it-again chorus made for credits rolling over a stunning landscape.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 90 out of 101
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Mixed: 7 out of 101
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Negative: 4 out of 101
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TeriWJun 24, 2009
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ArasBOct 1, 2007Great song....society is a phenomenal song.
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fG.Sep 20, 2007Sucks balls.