Mumps, Etc.
- Why?
- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the indie quartet was recorded on tape before being mixed by Graham Marsh and Yoni Wolf.
- Record Label: Anticon
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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Oct 25, 201290Wolf is as honest and, in a greater sense, as generous a songwriter as we have, and Mumps, Etc. may be his finest gift yet.
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Oct 10, 201280Crisper and cleaner than any previous Why? musing, Mumps Etc. is chamber hop for people who buy every remastered reissue of Pet Sounds. [No. 92, p.60]
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Oct 16, 201260There's enough humour in the words and inventiveness in the production to keep coming back to these songs, though you can only hope Wolf will sound a little less broken the next time around.
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Oct 24, 201237Lifeless and boring.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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