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Quicksand/Cradlesnake establishes Califone as an ambitious band with the songwriting chops to back up its penchant for studio strangeness.
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Quicksand / Cradlesnakes is a fine display of what they're capable of, and should please anyone in the mood for roots music that's a bit unrooted for a change.
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SpinThe best record they've made. [Apr 2003, p.107]
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Is less a bold statement of principle as it is a blossoming into maturity.
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Alternative PressIt's roots music that hums and rattles, hearing the dissonant sound of America singing and finding beauty in the collision of opposites. [Apr 2003, p.73]
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MojoThe highest of hi-technicalia and lo-fi acoustic instruments alternately clash, embrace, or pull apart, but ultimately, like Siamese twins, can't be parted. [Jun 2003, p.110]
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Califone's most confident and realized album.
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The songs, interludes, pacing and sequencing are all as they should be, helping to make Quicksand/Cradlesnakes Califone's best record.
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It's a strange balancing act that Rutili and crew capably pull off, straddling the chasm between the straightforward and the self-consciously left of center.
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UncutThis is one glorious murk. [May 2003, p.91]
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MagnetA more ambitious and confident document of Califone's ability to catapult old sounds into a new millennium. [#58, p.84]
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A monster of an achievement.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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garrettmDec 25, 2006fuck. yes.
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ClassifiedSep 22, 2005
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sarahrJan 27, 2004it envelops you. its hard to rank it, because its more than perfect.