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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Brooklyn-based indie rock band led by Zachary Cole Smith was self-recorded and produced.
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- Record Label: Captured Tracks
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Healthy Moon | |
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How could i describe This fading dream? You turned and looked a way It goes around getting louder now Believe it Freezes love that way Name the song... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 25
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Mixed: 8 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Feb 9, 2016The record as a whole is a listen that’s both inviting and challenging, and it seems like it’s one that’ll keep returning rewards for a long time.
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Feb 5, 2016The buoyancy at the center of the open-road-ready “Dopamine,” subtly urgent “Yr Not Far,” and chiming “Loose Ends” makes the 17 tracks drift by like a breeze on a particularly carefree spring day.
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Jan 29, 2016Is The Is Are, more than any album in a long time, feels like a great and immersive book, with the band further describing a new world with each track. [Jan/Feb 2016, p.55]
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Jun 2, 2016There will no doubt be some making the age-old "less is more" argument that comes with any double LP, but that shouldn't overshadow the fact that DIIV have returned with a powerful, immersive sophomore album.
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Feb 8, 2016Over 17 sprawling songs, the album seeks to split the difference between music that induces a woozy rush and brutally honest lyrics about trying to keep one's head on straight.
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Jan 29, 2016Repeat visits are sure to unearth more of the band’s thought process, but there's a lingering sense that less could've been so much more.
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Feb 1, 2016At its best, Is the Is Are is a fine album with plenty of immediate pleasures to offer. However, digging deeper won’t unveil anything really tangible.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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