- Record Label: Blue Note
- Release Date: Jan 27, 2009
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This is pure NPR music, all neo-jazz melodies and martini-lounge flourishes without the sly bite of its predecessor.
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There’s not a lot to get excited about, but it’s a catchy enough confection that should work well in gadget commercials, which was likely the whole point.
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Their second LP is all candy-coloured dreamscapes. Lily remains a spikier proposition.
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Like a Mojave Desert mirage shimmering tantalizingly before disappearing, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future is ultimately left little more than a string of sweet nothings, there for your fleeting pleasure. It's a pop tease.
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Q MagazineTart modern pop performed with a sly sense of homour. [Mar 2009, p.105]
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Their songs carry bossa nova chord changes, analog keyboard bleeps and icy-cool chanteuserie from singer Inara George. So why is the second album by George and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin so soul-deadening?
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Perhaps executed a tad more carefully than it was conceived, Ray Guns is ultimately a flawed gem.
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It's an intriguing blend of soft, Bacharach pop and jazzy harmonies, but is let down by lapses into knowing easy-listening that can sound insincere.
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It’s a welcome change of pace from what comes before it, but it’s equally dull and is very reminiscent of Butterfly from Weezer’s "Pinkerton." Take what you will from that comparison.
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UncutHeady and infused with whimsy, their second full-length flows effortlessly from dreamy girl-group pop to electro-bossa nova. [Feb 2009, p.76]
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SergeyKMar 10, 2009The best indie album with female vocal for last years.