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- Summary: The fifth album for the San Francisco indie rock quartet is its first full-length on the Drag City label.
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- Record Label: Drag City
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Sep 17, 2012While a lot of their peers have attempted (unsuccessfully, mostly) to beat down the doors of California's psychedelic myth, Sic Alps have taken their time and found their own way there; in doing so they've created one of the best records of the year.
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Sep 17, 2012The sloppiness comes with purpose, the production choices are specific, and off-kilter and off-key performances err closer to engaging erraticism than formless madness.
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Sep 27, 2012Sic Alps, a taut and absorbing listen, appears to have a mission to take conventional beauty and make it something more interesting by fraying its corners and smearing it with a little dirt. There is nothing Sic Alps could have done to create a better, more delicious sweet and sour record.
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Sep 7, 2012A couple of piano-led downers bring us to a close; bruised and bleeding, but breathlessly exhilarated.
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Sep 17, 2012Sic Alps isn't quite as flowing as its predecessor Napa Asylum, but it still does a fine job of balancing the band's increasing prowess and the sprawling, noisy mischief for which they've always been known.
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Oct 18, 2012This album is their least messy and most consistent, but it hasn't left singer/songwriter Mike Donovan's slacker charm behind.
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Q MagazineSep 7, 2012You can't argue with the boldness of the move, but it's hard to know who really wants a sensible Sic Alps. [Oct 2012, p.110]
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