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- Summary: The second release for the band led by the Sleater-Kinney singer-guitarist is said to be more collaborative.
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- Record Label: Kill Rock Stars
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Positive: 17 out of 21
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Mixed: 4 out of 21
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Sep 25, 2012She's slightly slower and considerably more melodramatic, as is only appropriate. Other times the melodrama appears merely the organic outcome of a larger-than-life voice.
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Sep 26, 2012It's an album that makes the most of its contradictions--the gulf between its most rhapsodic elements and its contemplative ones provides its share of thrilling moments along the way.
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MojoNov 29, 2012It's good to hear that force-of-nature voice again. [Dec 2012, p.96]
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Sep 20, 2012Tucker doesn't shy away from this supposedly taboo sentiment throughout the corrosively brilliant Kill My Blues.
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MagnetOct 4, 2012For Kill My Blues, Tucker has made the kind of music she did when first inspired to pick up the guitar: riot rock with restless, pent-up frustration that buzzes with nerve. [No.91 p.60]
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Sep 20, 2012The arrangements are organic and lived in, and the distinct influences of each member of the band figure prominently in the album's overall style, making it far more than just a showcase for Tucker.
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Sep 24, 2012What we're left with sounds an awful lot like someone trying to recapture the manner in which to express frustration and rage. She's not quite able to set the angst burners to full, but should she need to?