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- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2006
- Summary: This is the first album in four years for the Dayton, Ohio indie rock band fronted by Dave Doughman.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Alternative PressWalks the fine line between indie and lo-fi rock, encompassing the best elements of both genres. [Mar 2006, p.136]
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MojoSwearing At Motorists are drunk'n'roll successors to The Replacements and Guided By Voices. [Mar 2006, p.102]
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Paste MagazineDoughman's songs are fragile pieces that threaten to disintegrate if you grip them too tightly. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.96]
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UncutRecall[s] the tin-pot vigour and gutsy emotional bite of... Guided By Voices. [Mar 2006, p.94]
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While Swearing at Motorists are clearly at ease in a variety of musical styles, it's tempting to yearn for fatter hooks, more fleshed-out arrangements, or just a cathartic chorus to sing along with at the top of your lungs -- which was what made the Replacements' similar tribulations ultimately so inviting.
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Under The RadarDoughman sings of disenchantment and depression over a variety of lo-fi arrangements. [#12, p.97]
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While I'd love to say this is the album that breaks the holding pattern, Last Night holds a palm full of surprises and otherwise stretches the underdog charm a little thin.