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  • Record Label: Dualtone Music
  • Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heartland Rock, Southern Rock, Jam Bands
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Oct 2, 2012
    75
    Euphoric at its best and lightest moments ("Fairlane" sweeps listeners up with a bright, infectious melodic arc), quietly ardent when pressed ("Dear Alice" mines memories in the name of saving what was), the lack of flash reflects what it means to seek one's destiny in a place where the dream shrinks more and more each day.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 2, 2012
    70
    It is readymade for a kegger; the problem is, on this, their third LP, they have yet to shape their influences into a sound they can call their own. [Oct 2012, p.77]
  3. Oct 2, 2012
    70
    The good songs are timeless facsimiles that float out of another era's memory, while the rest of the album's tracks, while well built, recorded, and sung, seem like forgettable, hazy clichés from 30 years ago.
  4. Oct 2, 2012
    50
    Unfortunately, not everything works. There a few times when the band reaches too far into the alt-rock zone frequented by modern-day arena acts.
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 23, 2013
    40
    The worst thing is, for all the nauseating country-rock-lite choruses, this is agonisingly catchy. [Summer 2013, p.89]