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- Summary: The ‘90s power-pop band releases a new album.
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- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Staring at the sun with no pants on high round and rosy she thinks she knows me fighting off a cold murdering a campfire song Spitting in the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 28
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Mixed: 15 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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Aug 19, 2011Lulled into a formalistic revery by their catchy choruses, you assume their content is as null as their groove. But in fact they're so girl-shy it's thematic, and refreshingly empathetic about women with problems.
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Jul 29, 2011Gone are the massive arena rock choruses that were the sugar on their tart character sketches; this time the New York powerpop band have eschewed the power in favour of a more sedate sound, the dominant texture being acoustic guitar overlaid with muted electrics.
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Alternative PressAug 18, 2011Musically, Sky Full Of Holes is simply gorgeous. [Sep 2011, p.112]
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Aug 1, 2011The juvenile wordplays, ironic pop-culture references, and narratives about sad-sack folks undone by mundane, everyday minutia that are among the band's trademarks remain fully intact: The content of the songs on Sky Full of Holes is, by and large, as wry and idiosyncratic as their songs have ever been.
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UncutAug 18, 2011FoW's impeccably assembled works rarely stir little more than fond memories of their obvious influences. This is largely true of Sky Full Of Holes, though there are moments of irresistible sticky sweetness. [Sep 2011, p.84]
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Aug 3, 2011Yet, something's missing. An emotional engagement, perhaps, because they sometimes seem positively embarrassed to play from the heart.
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Sep 15, 2011Unlike the trio's livelier breakthrough, 1997's Apartment Life, the rest of All Hours is functionally pleasant but largely unmemorable background music for restaurants with exposed ceiling beams.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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