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Alternative PressJan 11, 2011Outside has a knack for taking these slow-building verses toward delayed rewards--by the time you reach the marrow of a tune, it's already the best Tapes 'N Tapes song you've ever heard. [Feb 2011, p.90]
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Jan 12, 2011It's a cleaner, catchier Tapes 'n Tapes that, despite often flaunting rather than infusing its influences, may actually leave you humming its tunes.
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Jan 10, 2011Give Outside a listen, then maybe invite these guys in again.
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Jan 10, 2011It's a broad spectrum of styles, but sometimes that's just another way to describe the comfort of being your (multiple) selves.
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Jan 7, 2011T'nT soldier on with Outside, offering a veritable Whitman's Sampler of collegerock touchstones (the Pixies, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse) in one cannily melodic jumble.
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Dec 19, 2011They've rediscovered what made them vital.
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Jan 10, 2011All in all, Outside is a solid third album and a return to form of sorts from a band clearly in the midst of a big transition.
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Jan 10, 2011Outside tastes like having returned to my favorite bar to find they've redone the menu. Only this time, all the improvements are positive ones.
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Under The RadarJan 10, 2011It's a record that captures their visceral live energy, always the band's strongest point, which was largely lost on the studio lapidary of their LPs. [Year End 2010, p.71]
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Jan 18, 2011Tapes 'n Tapes will probably never again manage to capture the youthful, devil-may-care magic of The Loon--those times are passed. But Outside, with its handful of pretty fantastic tracks, shows positive signs that this band may not be the victim of early success that it once seemed destined to be.
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