Look to the Sky - James Iha
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  • Summary: Karen O, Tinted Windows bandmate Adam Schlesinger, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, the Cardigans' Nina Persson, Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' guitarist Nick Zinner are some of the gust musicians on the former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist's follow-up to his 1998 solo debut, Let it Come Down.… Collapse
  • Record Label: The End
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. Mojo
    Nov 21, 2012
    80
    While 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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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 19, 2012
    60
    Intriguing, but unsatisfying.
  3. This Is Fake DIY
    Nov 5, 2012
    50
    'Look To The Sky' sees him returning to the spotlight with an album that only fleetingly hints at his past glories.
  4. Pitchfork
    Oct 23, 2012
    29
    Bafflingly outdated alt-rock songs that could comfortably sidle between choice cuts from Marcy Playground and Semisonic [circa 1998] and get their asses handed to them.

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