- Band Name: Califone
- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Release Date: Sep 3, 2013
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Summary:
The seventh release for the indie experimental rock band led by Tim Rutili was recorded in Arizona, California, and Texas.
- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Sep 9, 201390They make up an entire color palette of music and lyrics, of sounds and themes, that when combined on Rutili’s canvas make up truly original territory.
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Sep 3, 201389The combination of loose fun and pinpoint accuracy here is bracing, and Califone’s sheer originality is a great counterpoint to the many acts trying desperately to live up to the legacy of their formers.
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Sep 3, 201385The economic arrangements make sure that every note counts.
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Sep 3, 201380Stitches' ten quietly lustrous tracks dutifully reflect the arid Southwest vistas from which they were sprung.
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Sep 6, 201374It retains Califone’s signature continuity effect--with slowed acoustic guitar and droning, industrial electronics--burning a 50-minute album into a grand, cinematic waft.
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Sep 9, 201373In total, Stitches is exactly the sort of Americana record that can act as antidote for what’s happening in the genre right now.
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Sep 3, 201360It's not quite as strong as Roots & Crowns or All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, but Stitches is a fine addition to a quality body of music. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.87]
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