Look to the Sky
- James Iha
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Oct 23, 201280If Let It Come Down was Iha's sun-dappled West Coast folk-rock break from the creative turmoil and personal squabbles of the Pumpkins, then Look to the Sky is his more austere, if no less captivating, look back from the sun and toward the dark moon of his alt-rock '90s past.
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Dec 10, 201240He goes from pretty ditties to outright tedium as songs drag on interminably and eventually, unlistenably. [10 Nov 2012, p.53]
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Oct 22, 201220Unfortunately all this hi-watt talent [guest vocalists] can't cover up Iha's weak vocals, which pass from winsome to wan early on and never recover. [No.92 p.54]
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Nov 21, 201280While retaining the melodic approach of his debut, the singer-guitarist has shaped some additional, more diverse sounds. [Dec 2012, p.88]
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Nov 19, 201260Intriguing, but unsatisfying.
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Oct 23, 201229Bafflingly outdated alt-rock songs that could comfortably sidle between choice cuts from Marcy Playground and Semisonic [circa 1998] and get their asses handed to them.
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Oct 23, 201280[A] beautiful and calming record.
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Nov 21, 201240Unfortunately, Iha's anemic vocals are as terminally starry-eyed as ever. [Dec 2012, p.107]
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Nov 5, 201250'Look To The Sky' sees him returning to the spotlight with an album that only fleetingly hints at his past glories.