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Jul 15, 2013With practically no dependence on laptop recording tricks, Stills sounds completely lost in another era, and all the darker and truer for it.
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Jul 15, 2013Stills explores its feelings of hurt and misgiving more deftly with its music than with its lyrics; if you’re sick of Dick and Barry types, the darkly-focused new wave avant-pop of Stills can still offer its rewards.
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Aug 1, 2013It’s not perfect, but strong songwriting philosophy like this deserves to be noted and heard.
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Jul 16, 2013Gauntlet Hair’s reference points are sublime, of course, but when they come up with the grudging funk of ‘Simple’, it’s something that’s all their own work.
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Jul 17, 2013This is ultimately a transitory record, its gate-crashing momentum tempered by songs that feel like holdovers from Gauntlet Hair’s more whimsical debut. With Stills’ crisper production cleaning up the band’s formative psych-pop splatter, the album’s more sanguine tracks.