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Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics What's this?

  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Los Angeles-based indie rock quintet.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Sep 21, 2011
    80
    L.A.-based quintet unleash positively euphoric debut. [Oct 2011, p.120]
  2. 60
    Like most blasts of carefree romance, its charms may not endure--'Spun', for example, is so saccharine that it's in danger of making your teeth itch--but often in this life, the sweetest things aren't built to last forever.
  3. Sep 29, 2011
    20
    The more you listen, the worse it gets.

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