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- Summary: The third album for the indie rock band was produced by Mike Mogis.
- Record Label: Team Love
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 18
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Mixed: 6 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Tilly And The Wall are excellent at writing instantly infectious pop songs ("Dust Me Off" may be their best yet), and they've finally corralled a full palate to go with it.
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Clever, joyous and never patronising, O is a half hour bite of summer that’s perfect for fending off the darkening nights.
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Under The RadarThe result is an expansion of the band’s sound, which offers some pleasing diversions into the dark (musically) and profane (lyrically) to offset a tendency that often leans toward the saccharine. [Summer 2008]
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In contrast to the potty-mouthed numbers that precede it, the song's ['Heartbeats'] starry-eyed optimism is contagious and solidifies Tilly & the Wall's status as an indie band with dance-floor aspirations.
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In the end, it's not going to change the world, but it shows that the group is definitely expanding (in a good way) their sound from their early days.
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Now mature pop songwriters, the Omaha quintet sounds more like a conventional band on O, favoring rousing sing-along choruses, richly layered pianos and trumpets, and even standard drum kits.
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On the album’s strongest songs, the band displays a strong sense of self, infusing their previous sound with unexpected sonic twists and turns. On the weaker songs, however, they betray their core aesthetic, adopting attitudes and sounds that make them sound disingenuous at best and at worst, like self-conscious poseurs.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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ErikaWJun 29, 2008A great album with a couple key listening-list tracks. An improvement from their last album.
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ChadS.Jun 30, 2008
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TimE.Jul 12, 2008
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