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Alternative PressMar 1, 2011Full of power and their trademark delicate storytelling, Shipping News' latest is their greatest. [Dec 2010, p.116]
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Feb 10, 2011Merging brittle, jittery riffing, fraught tremolo-picked flutters with mesmeric drum patterns and tense, semi-spoken vocals the result is as resounding a success as ever and a reassuring testament to the ongoing fertility of the Louisville underground.
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Feb 10, 2011Shipping News may have taken years off, but it seems determined to make up for it in sheer, rewarding noise.
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Feb 10, 2011It isn't the transcendental work of which they're capable, but nonetheless taps into a thriving, sometimes exhilarating strain of striated rock music.
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Feb 10, 2011Strong and very durable, the somewhat live album is an interesting release, with many free-forming ideas and passing blunders abounding.
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Feb 10, 2011Heartless lacks a standout, but it gets so many things right that it doesn't really matter. It's nothing if not authentic, like Shipping News themselves, and given their current circumstances, it isn't a stopgap, but a gift.