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by
Joan of Arc
- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Release Date: Aug 24, 2004
- Summary: No, it's not a Jeopardy answer meriting the response "Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?" but rather the latest noise-fest from Tim Kinsella & co.
- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Experimental
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 10
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Mixed: 6 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Though their words suggest such weighty topics, the album remains sonically airy. It might get tense, but it's never dense.
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Disparate though its individual elements may seem (and they certainly are), the sum of the parts is remarkably cohesive.
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Kinsella and his crew finally seem to have found a way of expressing themselves that doesn't feel introverted and exclusive.
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The balance of unsettleing noise and artistic appreciation wavers perhaps a little too much and, as admirable a band as they are, wrapping your ears around their album unfortunately proves to be a little too much work.
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Kinsella’s unrelenting lack of melody, his horribly self-absorbed and nebulous lyrics, and an overall misuse of timing force the rest of the mix into the periphery for a more numbing, frustrating listen.
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The album's saving grace is the surrounding music, which almost, but not quite, makes up for Kinsella's constant barrage of tiresome non-sequiturs.
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Kinsella carefully enunciates his lyrics to make sure we hear all the clever references he's making, forcing SAT words into musical phrases that stagger under the weight of their pretense.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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CamillaGSep 25, 2004another perfect release from the very prolific tim kinsella.
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DiegoL.Jun 21, 2008I really like their music.
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richardgOct 28, 2004Excellent Album and very different compared to their others
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JohnF.Oct 1, 2007
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RayendraOct 13, 2005wow... i don't know i must really like their music. The Sound and the feeling when they played the music is so naturally come out.
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