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. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Paste Magazine
    80
    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]
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  2. Splendid
    80
    Key ultimately demands direct attention; while some songs seem to call out for the openness of a long car ride, this is a headphone masterpiece.
  3. PopMatters
    60
    An ambitious, sprawling sophomore effort that doesn't quite succeed in setting the group apart from their many influences.
  4. Junkmedia
    20
    Behold 2004, your kings of yawn-rock, Son, Ambulance.

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