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- Summary: The third album for the band led by Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 4 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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If you’re already among the converted, Random Spirit Lover is a second straight masterpiece from arguably the most talented songwriter of this generation.
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Random Spirit Lover even crushes "Beast Moans" at points, its arrangements meatier and more satisfying, with an off-kilter Disney otherworldliness and kudzu-dense overlapping keyboards.
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The shrewdly crafted Random Spirit Lover is the most satisfying batch of songs Krug has ever released.
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Fans of "Blackberry Way"-era Move, Berlin-era Bowie, late-period Of Montreal, and the Danielson Famile will eat this up like the candy it is.
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Crafting a decidedly more difficult record was likely something Krug intended, considering these songs seamlessly segue in and out of each other. That means some parts sound almost superfluous, as if they were written expressly to maintain this continuity. Still, the effect succeeds far more often than it fails.
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It bears all the signs of an artistic statement, stretching for meaning even as it reconstitutes and tears at the corners of its component definitions. It is both complete and incomplete; logical and wayward; good and, yeah, bad.
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MagnetKrug's non-stop croaking yells get old quickly, and the few highlights are hardly worth sitiing through an hour of Renaissance Faire-y meandering. [Fall 2007, p.108]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 23
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Mixed: 1 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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JimmyFDec 4, 2007
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SeanJ.Oct 22, 2007
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RSOct 15, 2007
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MikeyB.Oct 25, 2007A true masterpiece. This sements Krug as the most talented songwriter of his generation.
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GuyHDec 6, 2007
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Apr 17, 2022
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ToddW.Oct 25, 2007
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