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- Summary: Jon Barthmus worked both at home and in the studio with David Wrench for his second indie pop release.
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- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Oct 2, 2012He's combined a sparkly and woozy aesthetic with killer melodies to create a cohesive and fun winning formula.
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Oct 2, 2012Sun Airway may be losing some of its psychedelic characteristics that attracted many of its original fans, but the new sounds allow its lyrical creativity and musical experimentation to grow without confinement.
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Oct 3, 2012Sun Airway conducts Soft Fall with a unique command, never straying from its drifting atmosphere even as it continually delivers a batch of catchy, highly replayable songs.
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Oct 2, 2012The electronic-pop of Jon Barthmus once again brings together the upbeat pop and whimsical electronic orchestration that made Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier such a dynamic debut.
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Oct 3, 2012Soft Fall just works, whether as a dazzling display of sumptuous synthetic ambience, rich, romantic pop, and quite a few points in between.
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Oct 2, 2012While this is a remarkably process-oriented album, Soft Fall is also some of Barthmus' most engaging work, especially on the tracks where tight song structures give form and contrast to his grandiose tendencies.
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Oct 15, 2012Good rather than great, and enjoyable if rarely fully captivating, what's clear is that Barthmus has a talent both as a producer, arranger and writer that could well pay dividends a couple of records down the line.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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Jul 18, 2022
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