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- Summary: The Beach Boys-influenced Sacramento band release their second full-length rock-pop album.
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- Record Label: Lefse Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 18, 2011While mostly a California creation, Still Living echoes the sounds reverberating across the Pacific from New Zealand - think '80s/'90s bands like the Chills and the 3Ds, whose splashy reverb tanks were almost louder than their amps ("Call Me"). Or even Galaxie 500, whose Dean Wareham is a native Zealander ("Bradley").
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UncutAug 19, 2011Ganglians take care to lace everything with bright, primary colour melodies, suggesting they might yet follow the likes of MGMT and Yeasayer into the mainstream. [Sep 2011, p.87]
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Aug 23, 2011From the performances, to the songwriting, to the production, Still Living is the group's strongest, most multi-dimensional album.
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Aug 22, 2011Too soon for July, the trio tends to fall back into the boredoms of late-summer garage jamming, though.
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Sep 23, 2011Still Living is undoubtedly a clear step in the right direction for this Sacramento trio displaying exponential growth while maintaining their penchant for infectious rock n' roll grooves.
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Sep 7, 2011For now, the band seems to get distracted too easily--or else they don't have a good enough ear for editing. But even if they do throw every idea into the mix, they could at least play a little faster to counteract the sleepiness induced by the duller, more typical '60s pop rehash they sometimes serve up.
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Aug 24, 2011So much of Still Living is lost to completely monotonous-sounding songs, and while they are mixed impeccably and follow a certain rhythm, it's hard to get through the entire album in one sitting.
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