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- Summary: The Los Angeles band's follow-up to their 2004 release, Treble & Tremble.
- Record Label: Shout Factory
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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Under The RadarMentor Tormentor stands as a testament to Espinoza's growth and resilience. [Summer 2007, p.73]
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In the mesmerizing, disturbing dream that is Mentor Tormentor, Espinoza and Murray wrap their sweetly uneasy voices around misty melodies, while the deceptively sophisticated production reinforces the sense of uncertainty.
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'Cold Cold Heaven,' the 15th--and last and best--track on "Mentor Tormentor is the kind of cozy hymnal Earlimart does best: a wash of strings, the major-key wail.
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Mentor Tormentor is lovely in that it is a balanced album in terms of style and tone, never verging too far into the sickeningly sweet.
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The album's midsection gets bogged down in songs that sound too similar: more lovely piano, more soft cooing, too many gimmicky studio effects.... To Espinoza's credit, he gets Mentor Tormentor back on track.
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Newcomers to Earlimart will surely be lured in by Mentor Tormentor's seductive and, yes, absolutely frickin' beautiful sound, while longtime fans, depending on their expectations, will either passively embrace the familiarity or pine for some new ideas.
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These days, the group creates reasonable facsimiles of utter tedium.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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FrankL.Sep 10, 2007
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JCC.Aug 29, 2007A silky smooth album with obvious nods to Elliott Smith and The Posies. A welcome return.
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RLBSep 25, 2007
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