Mixed Emotions
- Tanlines
- Band Name: Tanlines
- Record Label: True Panther Sounds
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2012
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Mar 20, 201283Those highs could climb higher, the lows could really crawl. But there's no question that Tanlines have found their path forward.
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Mar 28, 201280Mixed Emotions falls right into place, then, indulging both musical and emotional nostalgia without falling victim to any particular trend.
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Mar 21, 201280Mixed Emotions plays like a great debut.
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Mar 20, 201280Mixed Emotions is just the painstakingly crafted, mood-driven long-player we've been waiting for from this immensely talented duo.
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Mar 19, 201280Even with Mixed Emotions' tumultuous gestation, Emm and Cohen have overcome, with a lean, lighthearted LP of which Toto would be proud.
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Mar 19, 201280Eric Emm and Jess Cohen have produced an album is both substantially intelligent and undeniably fun in equal measure.
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Mar 19, 201280Mixed Emotions' has a track for every mood without ever sounding in the least bit forced or contrived... Finger clicking good.
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Mar 14, 201280The result is an album that is as notable on its own as it is in the historical chillwave narrative.
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Mar 14, 201275Mixed Emotions is a shiny bear-hug of an album--sometimes short on fresh ideas, but never lacking in heart.
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Mar 26, 201271Most of these songs are really pretty damn good. Tanlines have never had a problem with the set-up, but it's in the delivery where the occasionally falter.
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Apr 11, 201270Meatier than the handful of singles and EPs that have boosted the Tanlines name to date. [No. 86, p.58]
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Mar 28, 201270The [album] which flirt[s] with kitsch but never succumb[s] to it, can be unexpectedly poignant.
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Mar 21, 201270For all of their sunset tints, fake congas, and overall indulgence in artifice, the songs neither feel cloyingly ironic or haplessly naïve.
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Mar 21, 201270Sure the vibes are smooth, but Tanlines work very hard to make it look easy.
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Mar 29, 201265Mixed Emotions seems served just too late, and comes off as regrettably stale.
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Mar 22, 201260Mixed Emotions achieves what a striking debut should, offering up some strong pieces with a singular identity, while also showing that Tanlines are willing to stretch themselves a bit, even if their experimentation might lead them to some dead ends.
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Mar 21, 201260It's hard to say what it all amounts to apart from a collection of partly-cloudy-late-afternoon-sunshine, on-and-off '80s jams.
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Mar 15, 201260It's certainly a promising debut, just one hampered by a songwriting scope that strips it of its own vitality rather than informing it.
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Mar 14, 201260Sometimes the union flourishes, but at times it's a grab-bag that's fallen apart at the seems. [Apr 2012, p.87]
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May 9, 201250The scattered approach showcased on this set needs polish and original thought to develop.
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Mar 22, 201250There's a comforting softness to the album (only occasionally broken by a stray emotion in Eric Emm's vocals or a danceable tempo) that makes it perfect background music for working away in a cubicle or relaxing after a long day.
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Mar 14, 201250Tanlines's debut comes across as well-meaning but overly earnest, overly-invested and trying hard to do many things at once.
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Mar 16, 201220Most of the tracks are about as blank and sterile as an airport terminal.