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Jun 10, 2013The more the band embraces Pythons' slickness, the better it sounds; it's a pleasant, ingratiating set of songs that don't aim to be anything more than that.
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Alternative PressJun 7, 2013By smoothing out the rough edges, the guys found new ways to bleed. [Jul 2013, p.104]
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Jun 13, 2013It's got an edge, moreso than Astro Coast, and that element of creeping unease makes Pythons a fuller, more mature and honest album than its precursor.
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Entertainment WeeklyJun 7, 2013[Pythons] is an effortless balance of melodic whoa-whoas and yelp-shout-screams--the kind of songs you used to discover watching MTV's 120 minutes in your dorm room at 3.a.m. [14 Jun 2013, p.94]
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Jun 10, 2013Despite this dark lyrical shift, the group is still aping sunny surf-rock and collegiate-pop tropes.
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MagnetJun 17, 2013A neat, consistently solid 34-minute record unconcerned with peaking or hits. [No.99, p.61]
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Jun 21, 2013An utterly charming album.
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Jun 13, 2013Truth be told, Pythons seem to feel pretty conflicted about itself: hooky, Weezer-ish guitar pop offset by desperate, discomfiting lyrics, fleeting hopes of reconciliation quickly dashed by heavy-hearted resignation.
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Jun 12, 2013This plays like any other band's greatest hits. Every song is gold.
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Jun 28, 2013The band’s most mainstream offering yet and first for their major label home.
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Jun 7, 2013The tunes are there, they’re tsunami big and surfer cool--the lyrics are there, bold, bleak and biting--but there’s been an oversight when it comes to stamping on the pedals, letting rip and allowing Surfer Blood to tear this material a new hole.
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 4 out of 21
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Negative: 4 out of 21
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