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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013Privileged is still an excellent entry in the band's pantheon, particularly good for new listeners, or those who desire a copy of the album but can do without the scant traces of DNA. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.101]
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Mar 21, 2013Gone is the orchestration of 2008’s ‘Entanglements’, though the melodrama of the Portland band’s baroque pop remains.
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Mar 6, 2013For those unfamiliar with Parenthetical Girls, it could be the perfect introduction to their fascinating music.
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Mar 4, 2013It's full of wonderfully written lines, often intimate, sincere and grotesque, and sometimes weirdly anglophile.
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Mar 1, 2013As a collection, it’s hard to take in Privilege (Abridged) as the best of a larger collection; it’s like listening to an off-kilter best-of record with a theme masked and bound to it.
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Feb 28, 2013Privilege is an assured, musically accomplished work, but all the aesthetic homework Pennington’s done to refine his persona is still visible, pointing directly back to the influences and forebears he’s inspired by.
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Feb 25, 2013There are more standalone tracks here, ones with memorable melodies and sing-along choruses coexisting with the band’s fatalistic lyrics and jarring instrumental twists.
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Feb 25, 2013With this album, the Parenthetical Girls position themselves as pop craftsman with depth.
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Feb 25, 2013Privilege (Abridged) takes on immediately recognizable appearances, but Pennington doesn’t just walk through each number; he partners with them, parading the words and music in and out of dynamic perspective.
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Feb 25, 2013A mix of danceable synth grooves, lo-fi Norman Greenbaum guitar throwbacks, and Baroque pop.