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- Summary: This is the first solo release from Slowdive and Mojave 3 frontman Neil Halstead, and includes occasional guest contributions from the likes of his bandmate Ian McCutcheon and Locust's Mark Van Hoen.
- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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The aching sensitivity of many of these lonely acoustic compositions is balanced against an inventive backdrop of instrumentation.
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This is the stuff of classic sad-bastard pop music, but the arrangements elevate this to a different, more interesting level.
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A few more tangible melodies would have gone down well, but the overall mood is magnificent.
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Sleeping on Roads is both more subdued and more universally poppy than anything Mojave 3 has released to date.
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Taking into account the sometimes spotty songwriting and its overtly dreamy similarities to Mojave 3 (like if they'd had a back massage and 1200mg's of Valium), there isn't much to save it from solo slump status.
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It certainly doesn't sound that much different from a Mojave 3 record, if not quite as excellent due to the less than prime quality of some of the songs.
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The nine songs retain an insular, slept-in charm, with the same Californian Nick Drake brief as Mojave 3.
Score distribution:
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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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DirkE.Feb 10, 2002This is tenderness...
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tagzeitblauFeb 15, 2002i love it. i should go on a road-trip with it : - )
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