Island Universe - Feeding People
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Orange County psych-rock band was produced by Hanni El Khatib and Johnny Bell of Crystal Antlers.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. musicOMH.com
    Mar 20, 2013
    70
    Island Universe is a reassuringly confident and energetic album, and suggests a band with enough promise to make even stronger bodies of work in the future.
  2. Spin
    Feb 21, 2013
    70
    There are no prominent electronics on Island Universe, but it's a relatively ambitious, often distortion-less statement that feels more spacious than the band's (former) basement-rock peers.
  3. Mojo
    May 20, 2013
    60
    It delivers drama in spades. [Jun 2013, p.95]
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  4. PopMatters
    Feb 20, 2013
    30
    Clocking in at just over 40 minutes, Island Universe is about 25 minutes too long and would have better served as a short EP, or an abandoned pile of demos.

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    4
    It's just messed up! All the things cluttered in the air. Despite that fact, this would be an...okay neo-psychedelia album. But Island Universe is way too messy.… Expand

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