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Feb 17, 2016Need Your Light is certainly a step up from Beta Love, but Ra Ra Riot are missing the orchestral edge that originally set them apart from other groups in their genre, making it feel inessential despite being quite likeable.
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Feb 17, 2016The results are mixed, surely, but not anything other than what they are.
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Feb 17, 2016I Need Your Light clings stubbornly to a spotlight on songwriting and band format that others of their former cohort, like Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors, pursued exceptionally. Most tracks feel caught in between the two. Like some kind of indie pop puberty.
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Feb 17, 2016Despite its slick, bouncy energy, it doesn't make much of a splash. [Jan/Feb 2016, p.58]
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Feb 19, 2016Following two discouraging albums, Need Your Light represents another stumble in the New Yorkers’ career. A disappointment.
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Positive: 11 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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