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- Artist(s): Alexander Abnos, Charlie Gokey
- Summary: Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys are influences on the debut album for the trio from North Dakota, who started out as a duo named White Foliage.
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- Record Label: Western Vinyl Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Secret Cities has an awesome album here. Every song is a standout, while keeping an inordinate amount of cohesiveness. Everybody should love it.
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FilterWhere other lo-fi pop registers as slack and emaciated, Secret Cities prop their brittle melodies up with adroit tape manipulation, wide-eyed field recordings, and electronic doodling straight out of Terry Riley's songbook. [Spring/Summer 2010, p.108]
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Pink Graffiti is a strong album, and one that grows on you the more you listen to it. Your opinion of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys probably won't affect your judgment of it all that much.
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Sometimes it feels a little one-paced and, on the first few listens, disinterest is but a stone's throw away. Luckily for Secret Cities though, the more listens the album gets, the more enjoyable it becomes.
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As down-to-earth as Secret Cities can be, at points you wish they'd be more direct: "Vamos a La Playa" and "The End" play so loosely, they border on disintegration, rounding out Pink Graffiti in overly cloudy manner, both sonically and lyrically.
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While being pleasant and listenable enough, Pink Graffiti simply doesn't do enough to set itself apart from the post-chill-glo-surf-wave-fi trend, which is ultimately its downfall.
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The result is an album that's heavy on ideas instead of execution. It's pleasant but forgettable.