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There are flashes of thrilling chaos but all too often they are contained and subdued by fussy programming.
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Surprisingly though, Snowflake Midnight, if it is heard widely outside of fan circles, may win the band more fans than their more straightforward output.
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Beautiful yet detached, the music often bursts into life but more frequently simply drifts, all too willing to fall hypnotised under its own spell.
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Overall Snowflake Midnight isn’t quite the disaster that the disillusioned might have expected.
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As it stands here, it too often feels as if the tools mastered them.
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Mercury Rev haven’t quite mastered this new toolkit they’ve taken on, and their proggy/bombastic/unabashedly emotional side makes them hard to swallow for some.
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At its best, Mercury Rev is secretly an Americana band (see Levon Helm and Garth Hudson's appearances on Deserter's Songs), tricking out solid songs with studio know-how; their collapse into catchall experimentation is brave, but ultimately not the best route.
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Under The RadarSnowflake Midnight continues with the too-clean, too-electronic devolpments of "The Secret Migration." [Fall 2008, p.77]
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Q MagazineAmbitious, yes, inventive, sometimes, but waiting for those rare moments of clarity is like trying to catch a cloud in a colander. [Nov 208, p.118]