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- Summary: The debut solo release for the former frontman for the indie band Girls traces the long-distance relationship he had with a woman named Lysandre.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 23 out of 36
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Mixed: 12 out of 36
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Negative: 1 out of 36
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Jan 7, 2013The man's bid for a place in the pantheon of gifted and fascinating greats is still on course.
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Jan 14, 2013Except for all the bits about getting high, and the bit about begging his best friend not to kill him, Lysandre is a composite love story as old as the hills, but this retelling is surprisingly refreshing.
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May 6, 2013At only 28 minutes long, Lysandre is easily digestible in a single sitting, but that really just embellishes its true purpose--to temporarily whet our appetites till all those other Christopher Owens solo records appear.
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Alternative PressJan 7, 2013Lysandre proves the chameleonic Owen can say the same thing over and over and never run out of inspiration. [Feb 2013, p.92]
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Jan 15, 2013Lysandre is a fresh start for a writer with a fine ear for the way happiness and heartbreak intertwine.
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Jan 14, 2013At just under a half-hour (a runtime probably inspired by the days when vinyl records could only contain about 40 minutes of music), Lysandre is a frustrating listen.
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Jan 22, 2013Lysandre is full of problems/problematic things, and most of it rests on one of the album's biggest problems: the insistent, ever-present "me."
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