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  • Summary: The third album for the duo features guest appearances by members of Tilly and the Wall as well as The Faint.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. This album is not a quick or necessarily easy listen, but it is one of the better ones that I have had the pleasure of listening to this year.
  2. Alternative Press
    80
    Like Wilco, it's what SA do with what they've borrowed. It helps that the duo stitch it up Frankenstein-style and move on to the next idea fast. [Aug 2008, p.162]
  3. It's too bad such a fine record has to end with a misfire, but you can just hit stop before you get there and be completely satisfied with the really good album Son, Ambulance have crafted.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    Knapp can be as shrewdly sweet as Paul Simon or as drippy as a Sarah Records house band, dissecting heartache in teen-diary fashion--but the music is consistently grown up. [Dec 2008, p.108]
  5. Someone Else's Déjà Vu would've benefitted from Knapp making a stronger claim of ownership to his lofty visions.
  6. I listened to this CD quite a bit, and it took some work for it to grow on me. I’ll admit that it finally did, but I’d say Knapp and Koster’s experiment was more failure than success.
  7. Under The Radar
    40
    There’s an anonymity that seeps into the lyrics as well, as Knapp’s conversational tone makes them seem off-the-cuff. [Summer 2008]

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