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- Summary: The latest album for the Brooklyn, New York band is the first with new drummer Joe Wong and guitarist Sarah Lipstate.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Receivers finds the band slowing down the tempo and more fully exploring the textures and nuances of its dense, multi-layered soundscapes.
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This semi-collective sound-making only adds to the expansiveness of the band’s gestures.
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An open-minded rock record that relies on a wide array of familiar signifiers but never once sounds like it could have been recorded or released any earlier than it was.
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The addition of Sarah Lipstate on guitar and tape clearly allowed for greater compositional freedom.
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Melodies and vocals claim the foreground unchallenged, in major-key melodies that can sometimes chime like U2; the noise is still there, but it has moved to the fringes, as a stimulant and irritant rather than a barrier.
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Turn this one need up loud to fully appreciate it--it's hardly bedtime listening--but you might want to have a little sit down and gather your thoughts after listening to it through for the first time and then listen to it again.
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MojoOn opener 'Satellites,' with Neu!-like locomotion, big guitars and electronics, and melodic twists, they trump their better-known neighbours. [Dec 2008, p.111]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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jeffersonh.Nov 1, 2008Best punk record of 2008.
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