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One Bedroom - The Sea and Cake
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79 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Chicago-based post-rockers return with their sixth album, their once frenetic pace of releasing albums slowed over recent years due to numerous side projects (solo albums for vocalist Sam Prekop and guitarist Archer Prewitt, and work in Tortoise, among other things, for drummer John McEntire). Included here is the band's cover of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision."… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Amazon.com
    90
    A masterly exercise in restraint, subtle sophistication, and melodic playfulness.
  2. Neumu.net
    80
    One Bedroom does tend to lag in parts, perhaps lost in the legacy of the band that created it, but in the end it comes off as an unified organic being, both necessary and pleasant.
  3. Magnet
    60
    Predictable. [#57, p.105]
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  1. DavidKM
    9
    A delight -- something fresh and original within all the same ole same ole sh*t that's being slagged out on the record buying public nowadays. Airy, propelling, Bowie-esque in spots (from his Low period). Awesome.… Expand
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  2. JonathanH
    5
    I wanted to like this cd but i couldn't, i just was bored with it.
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