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Mazzy Star
- Record Label: Rhymes of an Hour Records
- Release Date: Sep 24, 2013
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MagnetDec 18, 2013While it lacks the singular impact of their still flawless debut, it's still an object of languorous beauty, rather like the band itself. [No. 105, p.57]
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Nov 21, 2013No analysis, no interpretation, nothing to feel uncomfortable about here, just beautiful desolation. Mazzy Star was always a band to hide away with, and nothing's changed in 2013.
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Oct 25, 2013Its lyrical understatement and deliberately minimalist presentation may not excite newcomers, but those familiar with the languid delivery of Hope Sandoval and the teasing alternation of holding back and letting go that characterizes David Roback’s music, with and without his band mates, will recognize Mazzy Star’s perch between celestial elevation and shrouded descent.
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Oct 10, 2013Seasons of Your Day is a no-frills, no-fuss album from a band cocooned in their own impenetrable dreamworld, untouched by the passage of time.
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Sep 27, 2013Those first three albums have always been easy to put on and enjoy, and now we have a fourth to go with them.
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Sep 26, 2013It’s the aural equivalent of sweet syrup—slow, molasses-y and utterly satisfying.
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Sep 25, 2013Mazzy Star steadfastly stick to their dusty, psych-folk, dream-pop tableaux on Seasons of Your Day. Yet it feels nothing like a '90s hangover; in fact, the touches of organ and pedal steel that open the album hint at Beach House's hazy indie-pop.
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Sep 24, 2013Mazzy Star’s M.O. is a barely present, ghostly ambiance, better sometimes in the background, but after nearly 20 years, a return demands more than essentially being the musical equivalent of late-night Sportscenter, something best enjoyed while drifting in and out of sleep.
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Sep 24, 2013It’s prime Mazzy Star, the work of a band that knows what it does well. And then does it beautifully
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Sep 24, 2013Sandoval and her collaborators may never modify the melancholy torch that they bear, but they keep that fire masterfully for those of us who still have a yen for patient, no-frills sounds that happen to serve as a miracle balm.
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Sep 24, 2013It makes for the best kind of comeback: equal parts return and reinvention.
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Sep 23, 2013Sandoval's voice remains an indescribably beautiful thing, while David Roback's guitar provides haunting backing.
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Sep 23, 2013In essence, the album is everything you could want, finding Mazzy Star older and wiser, but still as dreamy as ever.
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Sep 23, 2013The Californians still play ethereal tunes that could waft on forever.
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Sep 18, 2013It is refreshing to hear Sandoval’s stunning vocals once again coupled with Roback’s guitars. The world is a better place for it.
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Sep 18, 2013There’s nothing particularly new here, nothing cutting edge, but there is beautiful, considered, genuine songwriting, and to greet such art with any kind of disdain would be nothing short of a travesty.
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UncutSep 18, 2013Their first album in almost two decades, David Roback and Hope Sandoval are on stunning form. [Oct 2013, p.71]
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Alternative PressSep 18, 2013Mazzy Star may not have evolved much over the past 17 years, but Season Of Your Day proves they never, ever need to. [Oct 2013, p.88]
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