Key - Son, Ambulance
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  • Summary: Omaha, Nebraska multi-instrumentalist Joe Knapp returns with his second Son, Ambulance full-length, now backed by a full band.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Whatever Key lacks in ramshackle charm, it compensates for with deft musicianship and winds up just as achingly fine as the band's sepia-toned debut. [#13, p.119]
  2. An ambitious, sprawling sophomore effort that doesn't quite succeed in setting the group apart from their many influences.
  3. Behold 2004, your kings of yawn-rock, Son, Ambulance.

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