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Mar 15, 2011No Color is the noisiest, prettiest album of The Dodos' career. It's good and on.
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May 3, 2011So once more, the Dodos feel fresh, a little bit more thoughtful, and every bit as happy to get us tangled up in ourselves. Of course there's color to No Color. It's just this time there's black and white and grey as well- colors they've never used before.
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Mar 15, 2011Easily their best, most cohesive album yet, No Color shines brightly-continuing to push the band to new levels of musicianship and songwriting.
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Mar 18, 2011The new directions that they have managed to find on No Color are certainly interesting to explore for listeners.
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May 26, 2011It may have taken Long and Kroeber some time to crack the tough nut of a thoroughly radiant album but unlike their namesakes, The Dodos have only ripened with age.
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MojoMay 18, 2011The Dodos switchback moods and rhythms never settle and that's the prime joy of No Color. [Jun 2011, p.105]
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Mar 28, 2011There is not a single dud track on No Color, and even if The Dodos haven't attempted anything they didn't try before, it certainly plays well to their strengths.
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Mar 28, 2011It's cliched to remark on a duo's ability to sound like a full band, but the Dodos' virtuosic acoustic guitar playing and busy arrangements undeniably defy their numbers.
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Mar 16, 2011No Colors showcases a band who knows exactly who they are and feels completely comfortable in their sound, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible for a two-piece.
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Mar 16, 2011Moving forward without the assistance of contributing vibraphonist Keaton Snyder, No Color is especially drum-heavy, and Kroeber's unconventional style works toward forming a repartee between the group's two members, who converse in a style that at times resembles jazz musicians.
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Mar 15, 2011Overall, it's a solid, well-crafted effort from a well-loved indie-folk band.
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Mar 15, 2011Lyrically, No Color is a step in a new direction for Dodos -- for mostly better.
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Mar 23, 2011Meric Long, vocalist/guitarist for San Francisco duo the Dodos, makes a lot of broad statements on the band's fourth studio album. Fortunately, the music fills in the blanks.
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Apr 8, 2011No Color wasn't meant to break any barriers: it's merely an affirmation of what people have known and loved about the duo for some time now.
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Mar 21, 2011Now shorn of vibraphonist Keaton Snyder, San Francisco's The Dodos remain a three-piece with the addition of alt.country chanteuse Neko Case.
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Mar 16, 2011Rather than envisioning blue aliens, though, Long and Kroeber have found living, breathing incarnations of their musical compositions. And it's an otherworldly pleasure.
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Mar 15, 2011No Color is a welcome return to form, and a nimble balance between the extremes of Dodos' previous work.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 1 out of 21
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Apr 11, 2011