- Record Label: Eenie Meenie
- Release Date: Apr 28, 2009
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The band's music is spot-on for soundtrack work precisely because it's moody yet unobtrusive, evocative of something, yet noncommittal enough to conceivably fit any emotional tableaux.
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The album’s cleanly produced and confidently performed, and the material has been polished up until it shines brightly at first. But a few repetitions quickly drain Remind Me Where the Light Is of much of its impact.
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Under The RadarMuch of the songwriting presented here also feels fairly stock. [Spring 2009, p.66]
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Unfortunately, the newfound confidence doesn't extend to lyrics rife with nonspecific, mixed-metaphorical angst that smacks of the overwrought youth demo they've otherwise outgrown.
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The production on their sophomore effort, Remind Me Where the Light Is, is both a blessing and a curse, inflating some effects to dazzling prominence while pushing a host of crummy, outdated ideas to the forefront.
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Alternative PressIt feels a lot longer than it is, and that's a bad thing. [May 2009, p.115]
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Remind Me ... has the feel of two albums compressed into one, and a slightly more minimal approach to instrumentation would have given some of the slower numbers added gravitas.
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Great Northern may not have learned the art of being musically economical, but perhaps their greatest strength lies in their maximalist tendencies.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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t.jfillmoreMay 31, 2009
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PhilBApr 30, 2009