Logic Will Break Your Heart
- The Stills
- Band Name: The Stills
- Record Label: Vice
- Release Date: Oct 21, 2003
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The Stills' excellent debut album, Logic Will Break Your Heart, is a stunner, a rush of shoegazer guitars and suave lover-boy angst.
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But for every moment where the echoes of what's gone before threaten to engulf them, The Stills have ten more that shrug off the dead weight of their influences and reveal a thick, dark veneer of anguished sincerity.
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One of the most deafening blasts of mediocrity to be heard this year.
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51The Stills are what The Posies were in their day, and what The Libertines were a few minutes ago: stuck in a phantom zone called "not there yet," and possibly because the personalities of their influences eclipse any sense of identity they could muster.
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It’s not a pretty record; while of course, being at times a very pretty record.
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70Guitar connoisseurs will find much to admire.
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100The Stills have always shown promise, but Logic Will Break Your Heart ascends far beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
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80while the production’s sleek sheen holds tight reigns over any explosive guitars threatening to get out of hand, The Stills still manage to build up enough tension to hold your attention through good old fashioned songwriting.
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Logic Will Break Your Heart serves up likable songs in the mode of mid-'80s Britpop, alongside atmospheric ballads in the mode of just about every post-Coldplay European rock band.
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95Review 1: Logic is a certifiable classic. [score=100]; Review 2: Every bit the equal to [Interpol's] Bright Lights. [score=90]
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80A similar osmosis of Bunneymen and Chameleons' dramarama as Interpol. [Mar 2004, p.106]
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80Mope-rock never felt so good. [Nov 2003, p.121]
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Partly glamorous and fully imaginative.
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80There's plenty of regret and "emotional disgust," but it's applied with piercing guitar lines that resemble a soppier Interpol. [Mar 2004, p.112]
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The Stills succeed where other time-travelers fail by emphasizing substance over style. [Jan 2004, p.108]
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70Disco, punk and pop, all in one bag.
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76The Stills manage to sound quite a bit like Wire Train or House Of Love, all jangly, mournful guitars and sparkling melodies... oh, and lots of reverb. [#8, p.106]
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The Stills succeed at distilling their influences into an inviting update. [24 Oct 2003, p.105]
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SelinaA10I've listened to this cd for countless hours and can honestly that The Stills are one of my favorite bands.
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JohnR10Absolutely top notch from beginning to end and probably the best album I've heard in 10 years. It really is that good.