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Atlas Sound
- Record Label: Kranky
- Release Date: Feb 19, 2008
- Summary: The debut solo album from the lead singer of Deerhunter.
- Record Label: Kranky
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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The music married to these wonderful lyrics is touching, gorgeous and stunning and there is no doubt in my mind that Atlas Sound has created, arguably, the best album of the year.
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As with each of Cox's projects, Let the Blind works best as a swirling, disorienting whole, organizing traditionally abstract styles like graphic-design elements within his unifying vision until they communicate like good pop.
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Alternative PressCox projects an otherwordly allure in his atmospheres and melodies that recall My Blood Valentine's recasting of rock as sound that prioritizes erotic texture and swoon-worthy levitation. [Mar 2008, p.140]
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Let the Blind Lead‘s lovesickness and confessions, however, are as tenderly delivered as its hazy atmospherics are, and in their bare authenticity, are far more compelling in repeat indulgences than Deerhunter’s explorations.
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Cox blends rock instruments with organs, harps and his haunting, languid voice, and the result is a gentle, richly textured wall of sound.
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As is often the case with that genre [Too Pure acts like Seefeel], certain songs feel aimless and in dire need of an editor. But when they coalesce (as on the tender lament "Recent Bedroom" or the gentle Jesus And Mary Chain pop of "Ativan") it creates a beautiful, truly immersive world tailor-made for hiding and healing.
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The psychiatric exercise of creating the album may have done him some good, but fans of Deerhunter's transcendent rock will have to wait for the band's next album if they want the kind of catharsis that is only hinted at here.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 9
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Mixed: 2 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jan 31, 2012
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AndyL.Feb 23, 2008It's ambience with a touch of playfullness, genius.
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HügoT.Feb 24, 2008
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AdamE.Feb 21, 2008
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AntonS.Feb 23, 2008Wonderful and unusual!
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ChristianP.Feb 25, 2008
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DavidR.Feb 23, 2008
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