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  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Spills Out is a satisfying album that puts a unique spin on otherwise trite indie-pop touchstones and a marriage of dissonance and charm seamless enough that, at times, it's almost difficult to tell one from the other.
  2. Nov 28, 2011
    80
    Pterodactyl's sound most figuratively Spills Out. Drink up and enjoy.
  3. Nov 17, 2011
    70
    Thing start out Brooklyn Noise rock, but the second half of the album gets downright Nuggets-worthy. [Oct 2011, p.102]
  4. Dec 6, 2011
    60
    At times, Pterodactyl wedges in too many layers, so that the parts blur together in a formless murk.
  5. Dec 8, 2011
    60
    At every turn and every track the album is pushing up the RPMs to the point the engine begins to whine, smoke and threaten to explode.
  6. Dec 8, 2011
    60
    The dichotomy between the agonies of face-melting and beatific singing has long been a Pterodactyl motif, but this time the guitar wizardry takes a nonetheless threatening backseat to the structure of the songs.
  7. Nov 16, 2011
    50
    A few strong moments don't make a full release succeed.

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