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Feb 16, 2018While the nine-year break has seen the duo barely switch up their instrumentation--Warren Fischer is still blasting drum machines and moody synth underneath Spooner’s vocals--the band’s friend and new producer, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe, seems to have generally smoothed the scruffier side of the duo’s compositions.
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Feb 16, 2018Sir is as extroverted as Spooner’s recent experiences, but some occasional, additional restraint may have added extra punch to its more introverted moments.
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Feb 20, 2018The spirit was willing, but the editorial hand, which could have redeemed the project by jettisoning the filler, was weak.
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Feb 20, 2018Sir occasionally works as an aggregate of flattering bric-a-brac and is irrepressibly sexy, but when its production’s skin-deep charm peels away there’s little to compel a return.
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Feb 20, 2018Sadly, the album doesn’t sound half as much fun as the journey.