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- Summary: The 5-track EP follows the indie-rock band's first release, Rip It off, on the Matador Records label.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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This is the kind of music we should be hearing all the time, instead of the deathly boring muzak we (and our ears) generally expect.
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Their songwriting here, then, betrays not just a love for interesting sonics but hooks and harmonies too. Contrary to popular belief, they aren't just about obscuring their melody behind tape hiss and grungy no-wave like a lot of their similar sounding peers.
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Stay Awake's neither a coda nor a collection of cast-offs or curios. In just over 10 minutes, the EP not only lays out five fresh TNV cuts worthy of any of their LPs, but throws a whole lot more of that "nuance" business all over the place.
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It sounds more like half an album than an EP. It also sounds more like half-an-album than half-assed.
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