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- Summary: The Canadian quartet delivers experimental, post-rock dream pop on its new album.
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- Record Label: Kanine Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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Plath Heart | |
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there's no loving after all this crap we've been through if I've not come up back to you pretty boy your smile planting in my spine don't get a hold... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 20 out of 22
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Mixed: 2 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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Jan 18, 2011If there's ever been an advertisement for allowing bands to develop before they blow up, Native Speaker is it. You'll probably listen to more immediate albums this year, but few will have the down-the-rabbit-hole quality that marks Native Speaker for success.
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Apr 7, 2011With Native Speaker, Braids project dreams onto iridescent lakes and marvel at how they glimmer, and the results are every bit as lovely as that sounds.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011Rarely do teenage kicks result in such eloquent, nuanced records as this. [May 2011, p.118]
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Jan 18, 2011Even when the songs struggle to find their end, Native Speaker remains a remarkably confident first outing.
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Apr 4, 2011As long as Braids can escape unscathed from the hype machine, this could be an amazing journey.
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Jan 25, 2011Yes, the influence of bands such as Animal Collective and Gang Gang Dance is present more often than not, but like all noteworthy artists, Braids are guided by the approaches their avant-pop inspirations take, rather than merely the sounds with their own distinct twist to them.
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Jan 20, 2011Yet even if their musical imagination gets away from them sometimes, Braids still come out ahead in the bargain, because all their futzing around tends to strike on unique and engaging combinations more often than not.
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Feb 21, 2011
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