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- Summary: The Austin-based band cofounded by Okkervil River's Jonathan Meiburg releases its fifth album.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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With Rook they have fashioned an album that is melodic, tender, outstanding but above all, captivating. One thing is for sure, this is one of the best albums of the year.
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Rook is great, with an emotional clarity and narrative acuity that makes it one of the year's most rewarding listens.
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This "calm before the storm" aesthetic dominates Rook, and in another testament to its short running time, works beautifully, illuminating the few straightforward pieces like "Century Eyes," "Leviathan, Bound," and the brooding title track like a centuries-old woodcut, and allowing the tension that permeates the entire affair to ebb and flow naturally, resulting in one of the most heady and satisfying albums of the year.
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UncutFrom clanging rock songs to eerie ambient pieces to sensual acoustic reveries, it's all highly detailed and perfectly weighted. [Aug 2008, p.98]
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While earlier albums hinted at the kind of open-air pastorals that the band was capable of, Rook delivers on all the promise.
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Under The RadarRook is the kind of music that people fall in love with, not simply because it’s, by most metrics, wonderful music, but because it contains enough mood swings that no matter how you are feeling, it’s always appropriate. [Summer 2008]
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The songs here tend to go nowhere for a quiet couple of minutes before bursting randomly into tightly composed melodrama, which could be mistaken for actually going somewhere.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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NicholasB.Jun 20, 2008Fantastic!
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PranavO.Sep 13, 2008
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StanleyDJan 24, 2009
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MycroftW.Aug 6, 2008A dark and brooding grower and a must have.
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JyotirmayaD.Sep 13, 2008
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EffE.Jun 13, 2008This is an excellent Radioheasque album. Great sound, great songs, nice production. Jonathan Meiburg at his best!
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JeffPJul 9, 2008
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