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Jul 22, 2013It makes for a suitably successful second record that, regardless of the salacious story surrounding the band that made it, pretty much lives up to the inspiring promise of their first.
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Jun 10, 2013The hooks are still here, but that level of hyper-attentive musicianship is absent on this decidedly punchier, glossier effort.
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Jun 14, 2013The main issue with this album is that it is not terrible and it is not brilliant. It is simply there.
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Jun 11, 2013The result is a fine summer pop record that encourages listeners to approach as they will.
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Jun 11, 2013On Astro Coast Pitts stared at the bright, unwritten future in front of him, but on Pythons he’s locked in place, rendered motionless by the oppressive chip on his shoulder.
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Jun 11, 2013Pythons is a fine slice of punchy garage-pop, the kind to be blared from car stereos on sun-fueled, summer road trips that would coincide with the album’s June release.
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Jun 11, 2013Producer Gil Norton smooths the foursome's edges while interjecting horror-comic backup yelps that marked his Pixies work decades ago; little else here would befuddle aging Cure or Weezer fans.
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Jun 7, 2013Pythons is less dynamic than its predecessor, with fewer chord changes and less overall complexity.
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Jun 11, 2013Between Pitts' unrelieved misery and the tepid music, Pythons makes a bitter, unsatisfying brew. Imbibe at your own risk.
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Under The RadarJun 13, 2013Nothing about Pythons is going to win over anyone who didn't like the band's debut, nor will it alienate existing fans. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.91]
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