- Band Name: Crystal Stilts
- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Release Date: Sep 17, 2013
- Summary: This is the third full-length release for the Brooklyn psychedelic pop band.
- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Sep 17, 201380It’s intimidating at first, but once your eyes acclimatise, you’ll relish joining them in the shadows.
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Sep 23, 201380'Sticks & Stones', 'Memory Room' and, oddly, the title track add slivers of graceful light to this bleak but captivating collection of noirish tales.
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Oct 9, 201380Nature Noir feels like it’s got a bit more substance and structure, a natural foundation under the otherworldly sheen.
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Sep 16, 201370Nature Noir' is very much Crystal Stilts sticking to their well-trodden formula, conforming as they are, essentially, to their own trademark sounds. But it's also the sound of a band retaining the best of their identity: sharp melodies, steady drum fills and discordant synth still all underpin Brad's sleepy, monotonic vocals.
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Sep 17, 201363Nature Noir is nothing if not a well-crafted, whip-smart record, but it leaves me yearning for the days when the Stilts would put passion into trying to find the pulse. Or better yet, yearning for the days when the pulse may actually have existed.
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Sep 16, 201360Crystal Stilts won’t be winning many new listeners with Nature Noir but that won’t matter to the band’s fanbase, as another album comparable to their previous work has been created, albeit with an improvement on the production side.
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Sep 16, 201355There are a few genuine gems on the record, but you have to dig around for them amongst a lot of tracks that meander about, exulting in their own nostalgia without really going anywhere. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.88]
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