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- Summary: The third full-length solo release for the musician who worked with Ty Segall features a full string quartet.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Turn Around - Conor Maynard Turn around, open your eyes Look at me now Turn around, girl I've got you We won't fall down, yeah We can see, forever... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 16 out of 22
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Mixed: 6 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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May 8, 2015MCIII goes to show that Mikal Cronin is someone who follows instincts worth following, but who is also wise enough to know that what’s in your imagination can always become bigger and better the more you work at it.
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Apr 30, 2015Now and then, as on Say, the bigness of the music prevents you from really hearing and feeling the lyrics through the trumpet blasts and huge solos. But then I've Been Loved comes along, sounding a bit like the Eagles and touched with seriously melancholy cello, and you sense the gravitas beneath the dizzying crescendos.
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May 5, 2015It’s not a few hits padded out with rote genre exercises--it’s thematically consistent and maintains a high level of craftsmanship throughout. Dads and grads can both dig it.
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Apr 29, 2015MCIII might fail to live up to its billing as concept album, but it absolutely doesn’t fail to provide a steady stream of big-hearted guitar-pop songs.
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May 5, 2015The arrangements are hyped-up and lush, the harmonies are soaring, and there is at least one bona fide prog opus.
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May 7, 2015Cronin’s dulcet hesitance has given way to slightly meeker delivery. The hooks are there--in the engaging vocal counterpoint to a descending horn line on the bridge of "Say", for instance--but they’re difficult to appreciate.
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May 12, 2015Side one of MCIII consists of perfectly enjoyable songs, with similar ingredients--piano, interesting guitar work, a voice reminiscent of ‘60s pop, but that ineffable thing that makes songs stick in your head just doesn’t seem to be here.... The second half of the album is problematic in a different way.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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May 5, 2015
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