Marble Son - Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
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  • Summary: This is singer-songwriter's fourth full-length album with guitarist Phil Wandscher.
  • Record Label: Fargo
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The New York Times
    Aug 10, 2011
    80
    Guitars and keyboards take varying paths through each song, gathering for dynamic swells that grow overwhelming, and overlapping in ways that only appear to be serendipitous. There's nothing neo- about this band's psychedelia.
  2. Uncut
    Aug 26, 2011
    80
    Terrific, genre-flipping from Seattle collective. [Jun 2011, p.92]
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  3. PopMatters
    Aug 9, 2011
    80
    Marble Son is a tough cookie and won't cheapen itself for your affection which, naturally, makes it even more lovable.
  4. Pitchfork
    Aug 12, 2011
    59
    Instead of exploring their sound and growing more dexterous over time, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter have backed themselves into a creative corner on Marble Son--with a sound so austere it becomes tedious instead of heady, tentative instead of revelatory.

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